Back in December, 2022, we told you that Valentino Rossi had just signed with BMW ahead of the 2023 racing season. That is, of course, the BMW M Motorsports team. If you haven’t kept up with Rossi’s career since his retirement from MotoGP, it also means that Rossi is now racing on four wheels, not two. While he did the GT World Challenge last year, 2023 marks the first time that he’s taking on the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race.
For those unfamiliar, the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race takes place at the beautiful Mount Panorama circuit, which is located in New South Wales, Australia. Even though it’s not motorcycle racing, I’ve been watching it on and off for years—and it’s almost always entertaining (if you like racing, anyway). Since it’s Australia, random kangaroos occasionally make appearances—but that’s nothing terribly surprising if you’ve watched MotoGP at Phillip Island.
