Valentino Rossi returned to the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the first time in more than a decade, and Yamaha didn’t waste the opportunity by putting him on some tasteful heritage display bike. Instead, the nine-time Grand Prix World Champion climbed aboard his 2020 Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1, the MotoGP prototype he last raced before retiring at the end of the 2021 season.
Rossi’s weekend began on Friday alongside reigning Formula 1 World Champion Lando Norris. The pair appeared together on the balcony of Goodwood House, giving thousands of fans the kind of crossover event that sounds as though it was created after several energy drinks and an argument over which form of racing produces the strangest celebrities.
