The MotoGP legend won his first Fanatec GT World Endurance Challenge race, in his s🌌econd season competing, on home soil.

Rossi and teammate Maxime Martin in the Team WRT #46 BMW won Race 2, after recovering from 24th to eighth in Race 1, at the circuit named af🔜te♏r Marco Simoncelli.

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Rossi, now 44, won his first race on four wheels earlier this summer at a support race for💖 the 24 Hours of Le Mans and has now backed it up with more glory.

“I cannot be happier,” he reacted. “🌠To win here at Misano is very special. 

“W🌠e knew we could be strong, but winning is🧸 another story! 

“I won my first GT race at Road to Le Mans, but this is different, as this is our main championship, the leve💧l is so high and there are so many fast drivers. 

“It all started one and a half years ago, with Vincent Vosse, with the entire WRT team, and this is a g🧜reat achievement. 

“Everybody did a mega job, Maxime, the boys, and I thank everybody and BMW. I’m enjoying the moment ⛎and let’s continue like this.”

Rossi’s teammate Marti♎n added: “For sure, if we were to choose one race to win, Vale would have said ‘Misano’, so we couldn’t dream for ♈a better result.”

Team principal Vincent Vosse added: “We went through a lot of emotions this weekend, and it’s a very emotional moment n🔴ow. 

“After a frustrating first qualifying, we had a great come back🍰 in race one with cars #32 and #30, which got onto their respective podiums, third overall and second in the Gold Cup.

“Then this Sunday, we t൲ook pole position and a spot on the second row. We won the race with Vale and Maxime, took one more overall podium with car #31, won in the Gold Cup and won the Pit Stop Cha🔯llenge thanks to our impressive crews. 

“Misano has always been a special place for us, we have had great success 💫here in the past, but winning here with Vale is really something different.  

“On a more personal note, I wouꦐld like to dedicate this win to my mum, who on top of having always supported me in everything I did, is a great fan of Vale since his MotoGP daysౠ, and is very, very happy today!”