Valentino Rossi is primarily known for racing motorcycles, of course, but he is also a fantastic automobile racer who has won the Monza rally event three times, dicing with the likes of rally GOAT Sébastien Loeb. He has even tested with the Ferrari F1 team.
This year’s Monza rally just ended, and Rossi came up short by losing in the final to former F1 racer Robert Kubica. You can see Rossi compete against Kubica for best time in the bottom video, but take a look at the first video to see one of the best passes ever made, two wheels or four, by Rossi during a preliminary round.
2 or 4 wheels, he makes racing entertaining, and that’s really the goal of these sports.
because stoner sucked at car racing/ and rossi did not try dirt race /who are you stoners fan club prez
No, but I don’t have a hatred for any particular racer. Anyone who wins 2 world titles is worthy of some respect.
True,just wish he had a better attitude.would love to see him back ,be intresting.
Fair enough Gino. I was a fan of Doohan but in the end his endless winning was a bit boring, but probably my favorite racers were Wayne Gardner, Micheal Dowson, Rob Phillis, Mal Campbell, Mick Cole, and the incomparable Joey Dunlop (saw him race at the TT in 2000 – what a master).
I have hardly seen a racer that hasn’t complained about something!
rossi is impressive but kubica is awesome. so crisp, so clean, so fast…
Man you don’t see cars corner like that too often! If Mr. Rossi needs a co-navigator I’d be happy to offer my services, but Italian is probably a requirement, as is talent.
Oops, first put co-driver, then changed it to navigator, and managed to hybrid the two!
“o-kay… ah write turn.. nowa, you go very very fasst..
ah, goood! nowa, lefta turn… nowa VERY fasst!!”
Today’s winner
Sure beats the Hillbilly racing that we have in America.
You don’t like to watch cars going around in circles for two hours? What could be more exciting wth that?
LOL!
more exciting than all left-hand turns..?? how about the occasional righty??
road based world Rally is really something to see with those 4-wheel drive cars doing those kinds of moves through towns, filed, and mountain side roads. incredibly dangerous, but exciting (like the TT at the Isle of Mann)
more exciting than all left-hand turns..?? how about the frequent pit lane brawls?
Fixed.
2 hours?
speakin’ the truth.
Wow what awesome footage and what an exciting race! And Rossi… The guy never fails to amaze us with Hus ability to excel in any type of motor racing. It’s just in his brain, his heart, his hands, his DNA. The guy was made to compete with motor powered vehicles. We’re so lucky to have been part of his career as spectators. What an inspiration.
he would kick stoners ass in a car/just sayin
And why would you just say that? Stoner would kick his arse on a dirt track motorcycle. Just saying.
Thats amazing, they look like slot cars
The overtake, while excellent, was after a blue flag.
Not clear to me, but that blue flag may have been intended for someone coming out of pit lane.
If the blue flag really was meant for the driver in front of Rossi, then he really should have moved off-line before the corner, me thinks. Either way, still a great pass by Rossi.
On a side note;
Am I the only one who has been disappointed by the neutering of most rally championships? What’s with this normally aspirated crap. Bring back the turbos and homologation for road-going cars!!
I dunno mate, at the time I thought the loss of the ultimate rally cars like the Metro VR6, Lancia Delta Integrale, RS200 etc was a big loss – but I think the cars now are probably faster and certainly les people die. I have seen an RS200 up close – and I will always want one – over and above any GT40 or Italian or German exotica.