Valentino Rossi Joins Team WRT for 2022
Press Release | January 13, 2022
Valentino Rossi will join Team WRT, where he’ll pilot an Audi R8 in the GT World Challenge Europe. Here’s his full statement that he made on social media on January 14, 2022, about the move:
I’m very happy to announce that next year I will race for the team WRT(WRT – W Racing Team)in the Fanatec GT world challengewith a Audi R8 LMS.will be 10 races,5 sprint and 5 endurance and I will race(among the others)in Imola,Misano,and at the end of july,in the 24hours of Spa. Thanks to Vincent Vosse and to Audi for this great opportunity????
He recently was testing the Audi R8 LMS GT3, which WRT will run this season, so announcement comes as little surprise.
Official test days for 2022 GT World Challenge Series Europe kick off March 8th at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France, and the first race is set for one month later, at Monza in Italy.
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