Written by Owen Bradley Credit: Jules Benichou GT World Challenge Europe returned to an iconic circuit, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Now, this is an iconic track, but it's an iconic track from the 1980's and 1990's, particularly for Formula One. In recent times, one really does struggle to think of a good race at Barcelona for F1, but it's even worse for the GT World Challenge. This is a very technical track that flows together. But it's also so narrow that the only ov

Written by Owen Bradley Credit: Patrick Hecq Valentino Rossi returned to a circuit which has been very generous to him over the years, taking victory twice in MotoGP and being the circuit which hosted his final ever MotoGP race, and also a circuit where his face has been painted on the side of a building, much excitement and hype was building coming into this weekend, one of the final weekends in the GT World Challenge season. Rossi had the honours of taking the opening stint

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Credit: Patrick Hecq Fresh from the much-deserved summer break, the GT World Challenge Europe series returned to an iconic circuit in Germany, the Hockenheimring. The Hockenheimring provides enough variability for the GT cars, with the tight and twisty section of Sector 3 at the end of the lap, and the wide and open part of the track in the first sector, which witnessed most overtakes being pulled off. Rossi and his teammate Max

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Coming off the back of a maiden GT World Challenge victory, Valentino Rossi took to the Nurburgring for the first time in GT Cars, and unfortunately, it didn’t exactly go to plan. A difficult qualifying with heavy rain, and the ensuing mixed conditions made it a difficult session for the #46 crew of Valentino Rossi, Maxime Martin, and Augusto Farfus, who ended up qualifying a shock P22. The Nurburgring circuit seemed to not favo

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Valentino Rossi is FINALLY a race winner in GTWC, and he achieved this incredible feat in Race two at the Misano Sprint Weekend. This massive achievement, in just his second year of racing, was a very emotional one, and here’s why. Rossi has been keeping an eye on car racing for many years now, competing in the Gulf 12 Hours in 2019, after the conclusion of his MotoGP season. He managed to secure a P3 finish, and whilst it wasn’

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Meghana Sree The 75th running of the Spa 24 Hours took place last weekend, and with many familiar names like, “Rossi” and “Schumacher” it became a thrilling event, which explored its new safety car unlapping procedures for the first time. As for Rossi, well, in 2022 he started the race in 35th and climbed the order to finish 17th. But how did he do in 2023? Let’s dive in! Valentino Rossi and teammates Maxime Martin and Augusto Farfus put on

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Sean McKean Valentino Rossi came off the back of a super podium finish at Brands Hatch just a few weeks ago to the Paul Ricard 1000km. Last season in the Audi, Rossi, Vervisch and Muller managed to finish a brilliant fifth place in what was Rossi’s first major endurance race in his career on four wheels. It was a weekend of “what could have been” unfortunately, as Rossi picked up a puncture on his qualifying run and was unable to set a prope

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Valentino Rossi is finally a podium finisher in the GT World Challenge Europe, and for the first time in his career, on four-wheels. Rossi and teammate Maxime Martin drove a consistent, and smart first race on the Sunday morning at Brands Hatch, having qualified P20 and then slipping down to 21st. They managed to fight back to 15th on the road, and ended up finishing the race there. It is quite difficult to overtake at Brands Ha

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Ishani Aziz Valentino Rossi began his 2023 GT World Challenge Europe championship campaign on Sunday, for the opening round of the championship. It was the Three Hour Endurance race at Monza, and was unfortunately a weekend that never really quite got going for Valentino Rossi and WRT #46. It started during Free Practice on Saturday, Rossi spun his BMW around on the entry to Monza’s final corner, the Parabolica, where the car ended up beache

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri A beautiful weekend in February, in the Australian summer. What better time to have an endurance race at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. A circuit that requires 100% concentration, as even the slightest error could lead to anything, from major time loss to even a major crash. Valentino Rossi came into the weekend, having never driven the iconic circuit in the real world, and only driving his BMW competitively once, at the Dubai 24 Hou

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Simran Kanthi Valentino Rossi scored his first podium in any category of racing at the Dubai 24 Hours in 2023, for the first time since the 2020 Andalucia (Jerez) MotoGP race. Valentino Rossi and WRT #46’s 2023 got underway on 13 January, with the Dubai 24 Hours taking place at the Dubai Autodrome. The 24 Hour race has been running since 2006, and 2023’s running certainly did not disappoint. Team WRT (who Rossi races for) had made a major sw

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Rossi and Team WRT #46’s New livery for 2023 This new livery just looks absolutely stunning, doesn’t it? This livery was announced at WRT’s Christmas party with a lot of the sponsors, drivers and important personnel in attendance. It certainly looks like a car worthy of stepping up onto the podium, that is for sure. Rossi Will Have New Teammates in 2023 As we all know, Valentino Rossi and Belgian GT Team, WRT - will be continuin

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri To begin with, here’s an interesting stat. With this being my 46th article for Divebomb, it would be fitting to write about the man who is most synonymous with the number 46 in motorsport- Valentino Rossi. Time really has flown by, and fortunately, so has Rossi this year, despite making the transition from Motorbikes to Motor Cars - he clearly has not lost his touch, his ability, or his passion for Motorsport. Rossi has had a re

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Ishani Aziz 10 Months on since his MotoGP retirement, Motorsport legend Valentino Rossi returned to the Circuit Ricardo Torno, in Valencia - to compete in yet another round of the GT World Challenge Europe. Race One saw The Doctor have a somewhat difficult first stint, purely because the Circuit Ricardo Torno is so difficult to overtake on, on bikes (let alone massive 1250kg GT3 Cars). Rossi was in the mix, fighting the other drivers, unable

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Simran Kanthi Valentino Rossi, Nico Muller, and Frederic Vervisch achieved their best result of the season with a P5 finish at the Three Hours at Hockenheim after qualifying in P9 and having a tricky start to the race. Rossi opened the race in a tricky first stint with plenty of crashes at the start leading to a 30-minute Safety Car after Rob Bell's McLaren speared off at the exit of the Turn 5 hairpin. Once Rossi found his footing, he made

Written by Owen Bradley, Edited by Apostolos Papageorgiou Credit: Ker Robertson If there’s one thing I could ask the Motorsport gods, it would be for my favourite person in Motorsport, Valentino Rossi - to drive at my favourite track in the world- Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. Well, that’s exactly what we got, as Rossi competed in his first ever 24-Hour Endurance race at the historic, iconic and legendary Spa-Francorchamps. Rossi has proved himself as, of course, an excellent