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While Valentino Rossi successfully achieved his target of reaching the flag of his first 24-hour car race, there will be some thoughts of ‘what could have been’ all the same following a startling turnaround in fortunes four hours into the race.

Iron Lynx heads into Superpole for the 2022 24 Hours of Spa as the firm favourites to lead the field for Saturday’s endurance race after securing a comfortable 1-2 in qualifying, but there was disappointment for Valentino Rossi as the VR46 WRT Audi just missed the Superpole cut.

Defending 24 Hours of Spa winners Iron Lynx Ferrari landed the top spot at the end of a twice-interrupted pre-qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps, while Valentino Rossi’s VR46 WRT squad could only manage 59th of the 66 entrants.

Valentino Rossi was hailed for his improvement on four wheels by his new team principal despite crashing in qualifying at the weekend’s GT World Series third round at Magny-Cours in France.

Valentino Rossi earned plaudits from his GT3 teammate after earning the first points of his new career but admitted that he was fortunate not to crash on the first lap.

Valentino Rossi scored the first points of his GT World Challenge Europe career after retiring from MotoGP, and also manoeuvred around a first-lap crash.

After retiring from MotoGP, Valentino Rossi signs up to race the full ten-round 'Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS'.

Valentino Rossi is back on track at Valencia, the scene of his final MotoGP race. This time it's to test an Audi R8.