Valentino Rossi wins on four wheels at emotional Misano

Valentino Rossi thrilled his adoring Misano crowd by winning his first Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe race on Sunday.

James Dielhenn

16 Jul 2023

Valentino Rossi, Sprint Race, Spanish MotoGP 29 April

Rossi and his teammate Maxime Martin in the #46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 won Race 2, after settling for P8 in Race 1 on Saturday.

The victory is a hugely significant milestone in the incredible career of Rossi, the MotoGP legend who swapped two wheels for four wheels only last season and is already experiencing success.

He won the Road To Le Mans earlier this summer, a precursor to his entry into next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, and has now won at a famous Italian circuit where the crowd loves him.

Rossi and Martin qualified in P3 but ultimately edged out Comtoyou Racing's Lucas Legeret and Christopher Haase, who came second, and Team WRT's Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and Thomas Neubauer, who completed the podium.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Race 2 results at Misano
Pos	Car#	Class	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Laps	Gap
1	46	Pro Cup	Valentino Rossi, Maxime Martin	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:33.316	36
2	11	Pro Cup	Lucas Legeret, Christopher Haase	ComToYou Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.692	36	4.243
3	31	Pro Cup	Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer, Thomas Neubauer	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:33.539	36	6.105
4	88	Pro Cup	Raffaele Marciello, Timur Boguslavskiy	AKKODIS ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	1:33.332	36	10.644
5	69	Pro Cup	Albert Costa, Thierry Vermeulen	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:33.369	36	11.618
6	14	Pro Cup	Giacomo Altoe, Konsta Lappalainen	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:33.239	36	12.47
7	25	Pro Cup	Erwan Bastard, Patric Niederhauser	Sainteloc Junior Team	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.521	36	15.708
8	60	Pro Cup	Franck Perera, Jordan Pepper	VSR	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2	1:33.938	36	16.092
9	32	Pro Cup	Charles Weerts, Dries Vanthoor	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:33.591	36	16.789
10	159	Pro Cup	Nicolai Kjaergaard, Benjamin Goethe	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	1:33.948	36	23.732
11	12	Pro Cup	Frederic Vervisch, Nicolas Baert	ComToYou Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.694	36	23.906
12	30	Gold Cup	Niklas Krütten, Calan Williams	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:33.608	36	24.562
13	99	Silver Cup	Lorenzo Patrese, Alex Aka	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.872	36	25.045
14	163	Silver Cup	Yuki Nemoto, Mattia Michelotto	VSR	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2	1:34.262	36	32.352
15	90	Silver Cup	Ezequiel Perez Companc, Jesse Salmenautio	Madpanda Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	1:33.981	36	33.87
16	77	Silver Cup	Jordan Love, Frank Bird	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	1:34.224	36	35.667
17	10	Gold Cup	Adam Eteki, Cesar Gazeau	Boutsen VDS	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:34.205	36	36.284
18	27	Pro Cup	Christopher Mies, Gregoire Demoustier	Sainteloc Junior Team	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.693	36	36.524
19	21	Gold Cup	Gilles Magnus, Finlay Hutchison	ComToYou Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.599	36	36.812
20	188	Bronze	Henrique Chaves, Miguel Ramos	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	1:33.460	36	39.485
21	911	Bronze	Ayhancan Güven, Alex Malykhin	Pure Rxcing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:33.846	36	41.492
22	66	Bronze	Dennis Marschall, Andrey Mukovoz	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.084	36	41.855
23	91	Bronze	Robert Renauer, Ralf Bohn	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:33.546	36	47.995
24	26	Gold Cup	Paul Evrard, Simon Gachet	Sainteloc Junior Team	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:33.858	36	48.692
25	79	Bronze	Sebastien Baud, Hubert Haupt	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	1:33.703	36	49.186
26	71	Silver Cup	Sean Hudspeth, Nicola Marinangeli	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:34.696	36	1:02.180
27	28	Silver Cup	Leonardo Moncini, Jacopo Guidetti	Nova Race	Honda NSX GT3	1:34.337	36	1:04.134
28	55	Bronze	Christopher Zöchling, Philipp Sager	Dinamic GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:33.839	36	1:09.170
29	333	Silver Cup	Pietro Delli Guanti, Alessio Deledda	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:34.024	36	1:12.600
30	52	Bronze	Andrea Bertolini, Louis Machiels	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:34.500	36	1:23.312
31	87	Bronze	Jim Pla, Eric Debard	AKKODIS ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	1:33.461	36	1:33.819
32	68	Silver Cup	Erwin Zanotti, Diego Di Fabio	Nova Race	Honda NSX GT3	1:35.334	36	1:36.804
33	126	Bronze	Loris Spinelli, Dmitry Gvazava	Imperiale Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo	1:33.771	35	28.549
34	18	Silver Cup	Nicholas Risitano, Fidel Castillo	GSM AB1 GT3 Team	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo	1:37.303	35	1:26.741
35	119	Silver Cup	Baptiste Moulin, Marcus Paverud	VSR	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2	1:34.493	33	-3:08.277
36	44	Bronze	Steven Palette, Marco Cassara	CLRT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:34.026	31	-6:43.360
37	111	Pro Cup	Dean Macdonald, Christian Klien	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	1:34.000	26	-14:46.272
NC	54	Pro Cup	Adrien De Leener, Christian Engelhart	Dinamic GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:34.139	21	-21:58.678
NC	40	Pro Cup	Ricardo Feller, Mattia Drudi	Tresor Orange 1	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:34.203	16	-31:42.309
NC	9	Gold Cup	Aurelien Panis, Alberto di Folco	Boutsen VDS	Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II	1:34.424	10	-44:16.463
NC	112	Bronze	Norbert Siedler, Patryk Krupinski	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	1:35.844	10	-43:32.648
NC	81	Bronze	Fabian Schiller, Reema Juffali	Theeba Motorsport			2	-55:14.854