Valentino Rossi also amazes on Hypercar: “Similar to motorcycles”

Valentino Rossi also amazes on the'Hypercar: "Similar to motorcycles"

Valentino Rossi realizes another dream of his: testing BMW's M Hybrid V8 Hypercar. The Doctor in the post-season testing of the Wec è climbed for the first time on a prototype of the premier class of the World Endurance Championship, and immediately surprised with interesting times on the track in Bahrain.

The former MotoGp champion turned an impressive 69 total laps, setting the best time of 1'15"577, just half a second behind factory driver Dries Vanthoor.

Valentino è declared himself very satisfied after the tests: "This’car suits my driving style better than the GT3", are the words reported by Gazzetta dello Sport. "È it was an intense day, I drove around all the time myself and I had René Rast’s advice that was useful to improve".

Needless to say, the driver from Pesaro è thrilled with the experience: "I had a lot of fun, the’car è fantastic and really has a lot of power. I was lapping 15 seconds faster than the GT3…. I was a little bit worried because’ I had never driven a Hypercar before, but I felt comfortable from the first moment because’ it is a stable car and very communicative. I can deal with trajectories in a very similar way to motorcycles compared to the GT3, which I struggled with at first precisely becauseé I had to completely change driving style".