After calling time on his illustrious career on two wheel💛s, winning nine world titles, Rossi moved to the GT World Challenge.

The Italian had always showcased his appetit💛e for four-wheel racing during his MotoGP career, even being linked to a potential F1 drive with Ferrar꧂i in the late 2000s.

Verstappen, who has often put doubt over his own long꧙ term career, has spoken about following Rossi’s footsteps.

In an interview with , Verstappen named GT cars as a poten𒁏tial aven🍰ue in the future.

“Less... I 🍬will race longer, but not in grand pri🌸x,” he said.

“It would be nice to ꦬdo like Valentino Rossi, I like to see his races in GT, a category I have an interest in because we have our own car entered.

“He did everything he could in MotoGP, with a crazy career, and now he's 💞having fun, while still work൲ing hard and wanting to win again.

“I think I will look for something♓ similar in the f💫uture.”