John McGuinness and Valentino Rossi were just two of the motorcycle racing legends from different series brought together by a recent Monst🃏er Energy Leg🍌ends Day.

The Isle of Man T🙈T icon and the MotoGP superstar were on track at Silverstone, joined by a who’s who of oth⛄er past and current riders.

"This little fella from Italy came 🌳steaming past me on the back-straight," ܫMcGuinness joked to TNT Sports.

"Somebody called Valentino Rossi, I thought 'he i𒁃s pretty fast, I'll get on 𝔍the back of him'.

"He dragged me round to do the fa❀stest lap I've ever done at Silverstone.

"I bit t🦋he screen, trying to hang on as mu▨ch as I could!

"I was more interested in watching him. He's the best in the worlꦦd."

Sylvain Guintoli added: 🐠“John McGuinness got his fastest-ever lap aroun🔜d Silverstone following Rossi! How good is that."

Neil Hodgson, who 🍃was in attendance at Silverstone, replied: “Unreal! He was ꦆbuzzing.

“He comes into the garage, puts🌼 the bike on the stand, o൩ld school.

“John just being John, said 🍸‘thatඣ’s my fastest-ever time around here, following Valentino, he’s smooth! It looks effortless’.

“I said ‘yeah, that’s the signature of Valentino!’ From day onꦓe he has made it look easy.”

Guintoli said about Rossi, who is now 45: “He still rides. We have done test sessions with BMW, with Valentin♐o there.

“There was one in Portimao. He was on track with us and he’s stil🐠l really quick, really fast.”

🧜Suzi Perry added: “He’s doing his car stuff but he said to me: ‘Nothing beats being on a bike’♌.”

Guin☂toli replied: “When you step back onto a fast bike there is nothinꩲg like it.”

The unlikely friendship🎉 between Rossi and McGuinness is one of mutual admiration which has lasted years.

Rossi said in 2021: “John, I’m alwaysꦯ in contact with him.”

Rossi was asked if he would have liked to have raced McGuinness at t🐬he Isle of Ma﷽n TT.

“It is very close 🔜to the panoramic streets of Tavullia,” he replied.

“Where we learned t🐎o race with the ⛄scooters on normal roads, not a track. Similar to the TT.

“But I don’🎀t want to race against him atﷺ the TT! He’s too fast!”