Stunning podium finish for Valentino Rossi at Dubai 24 Hours.

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Valentino Rossi immediately very positive behind the wheel of the BMW

Valentino Rossi celebrated an excellent third place at the Dubai 24 Hours 2023: the driver from Tavullia, at the wheel, for the first time in an official race, of the WRT team’s BMW, managed to get on the podium together with teammates Maxime Martin, Sean Gelael, Tim Whale and Max Hesse.

Winning the race was the BMW team consisting of the quintet Mohammed Al Saud, Dries Vanthoor, Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer, Diego Menchaca, and Jens Klingmann, ahead of the Porsche team.

For the Doctor, an undoubtedly encouraging start to the season at the wheel of the BMW: after a difficult first part of the race (Whale’s spin after 3 hours complicated things), Valentino Rossi and his team made no more mistakes, finishing on the podium. Now the MotoGp star will try to reconfirm himself at the Bathurst 12 Hours, scheduled in three weeks and valid for the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli.

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