Valentino Rossi secures podium finish in #46 BMW at Zandvoort

Valentino Rossi claimed a podium finish at Zandvoort in the GT World Challenge Europe on Saturday.
Valentino Rossi secures podium finish in #46 BMW at Zandvoort

Tresor Orange1’s #40 Audi driven by Ricardo Fel🦹ler and Mattia Drudi won the Sprint Cup race, ahead of the #69 Ferrari🌼 of Albert Costa and Thierry Vermeulen.

Rossi’s teammate Maxime Martin brought their Team WRT #46 BMW home in third place, another impressive outing on four wheels for th🎀e MotoGP legend.

Rossi ha⛄d starte𓃲d from 15th but was soon up to ninth in the 60-minute race.

The #69 Ferrari💫 threatened to steal a victory from the pole-sitting #40 Audi when a pitstop went wrong.

The Audi lost five seconds of time, meaning Costa could hand over his ♏Ferrari to Vermeulen who exited in front.

Meanwhile Martin, having taking over from Rossi in the #46 BMW, passed the #44 C✃LRT Porsche then immediately the #25 Saintélo෴c Junior Team Audi to move into P3.

With five minutes to go, a mistake from Ferra𝓡ri driver Drudi cost his team the eventual lead. The #40 Audi remained in front for the last four laps to take the chequered flag.

The Tresor Orange1 crew have a 2.5 point leadꦍ in the Sprint Cup drivers' championship above Ferrari ahead of Sunday's final r🍃ace.

Rossi is expected to remain with Team WRT behind the wheel of a BMW in the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe season,🦂 which will be his third in a car. His main goal remains the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

 

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