Rossi finishes ninth in Endurance Race
A Ferrari team that included MotoGP star Valentino Rossi finished ninth in class during the Blanc🌳pain Endurance Series even♕t at the Nurburgring on Sunday.
Rossi drove for the first part of the race, handing over the #46 Kessel Racing 458 Italia to best friend Alessio 'Uccio' Salucci, with✱ Andrea Ceccato taking over for the final stint.
The trio were classified 19th and o൩ne lap down by the end of the three hour race, and were ninth in the Pro-Am class.
"I enjoyed it a lot," said🦋 Rossi, shortly after stepping out of the car. "We decided I should do the first hour. I did okay. The rhythm was quite good, but unfortunately the safety car meant I had to stop a bit🥂 earlier than we had planned."
The race marked💧 Rossi's second Blancpain appearance of the season. The remaining round clashes with Rossi's MotoGP commitments, but he hopes to return in 2013.
"We will try to organise something for next year. I still have somꦯe margin to improve and I need more kilometres in the car," said Rossi.
Rossi and Uccioܫ had qualified tenth and finished 18th during their debut in a wet opening round of the series at Mo🍸nza in April.
Nine t🐬ime world cham🌺pion Rossi will be back in MotoGP action this coming weekend at Aragon in Spain.
The Italian superstar will return to Yamaha, from Ducati, at the end ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚof this s🔜eason.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and ha💙s seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuk𒐪i exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
