During the first round of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza Circuit I recorded the Ferrari 458 GT3 driven by the Moto GP legend Valentino Rossi with his friend Alessio Salucci (Uccio). As you can see the fantastic livery of the car is the same that Valentino used on the Ford Fiesta WRC during the 2011 Monza Rally Show last November. You can’t hear the sound of the car because the 458 GT3 is really silent (the street legal 458 is louder)
BMW reveals their 17th Art Car, a E92 M3 GT2 designed by American artist Jeff Koons, Valentino Rossi crashses during MotoGP practice, and the internet rumor mill gets hit with more BMW 1-Series photos. Hosted by Derek DeAngelis
MotoGP racing star Valentino Rossi has ventured from two wheels to four a few times in the past, and he’s always come away smiling when given the chance to strut his stuff on a Formula One track. This latest testing session, though, has left many highly impressed and others understandably worried.
Various reports have put Yamaha’s star rider into the Ducati paddock come 2011 or so, but after registering times around the Mugello circuit in an F2008 racer that were just two-tenths of a second behind Kimi Raikkonen’s outright lap record of 1:21.67 (set in the same car, for what it’s worth), Yamaha team manager Davide Brivio said, “The greatest danger is Ferrari.
