Rossi returns to WRC

Valentino Rossi will take part in the second round of the 2010 WRC season. The Italian, who has already participated in three rounds of the World Rally Championship, will take part in the Rally Mexico at the wheel of a Ford Focus.

Published on 21/10/2009 à 14:38

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Valentino Rossi, the six-time World Champion MotoGP, will participate in Rally of Mexico in 2010, second round of the championship WRC. The Italian will line up at the start behind the wheel of a Ford Focus.

« This is the last chance to race in the WRC before the new rules in 2011. I can't pass up the opportunity “, Rossi said in Gazzetta dello Sport. Rossi's last WRC appearance was in 2008 in Wales where he took twelfth place.

While he can secure the MotoGP title at the next round of the championship in Malaysia, Rossi has never hidden his attraction to rallying and racing. car. He also carried out several tests for the Team Ferrari at the wheel of a single-seater. In Mexico, he will participate in his fourth rally.