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Valentino Rossi shortly before Le Mans 2024 with the BMW Hypercar
The living legend of world motor sport Valentino Rossi is getting closer to his dream of competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans – 2024 with BMW’s new hypercar in the premier class LMDh.
THE Valentino RossiThe nine-time motorcycle world champion and one of the all-time greats of MotoGP is rumored to be in advanced talks to join the Bavarian company’s works team in 18 months, when BMW returns to the pinnacle of endurance racing (WEC) at LeMans.
The German company is currently in the development phase of the BMW M Hybrid V8 hybrid racing hypercar, with which it will enter endurance racing in 2024. There it will join a number of leading factories who have also confirmed their entry into the LMDh class in the next two years – including Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Peugeot and Cadillac.
Valentino Rossi started this year in his first racing season after retiring from MotoGP in the races of the GT World Challenge Europe Championship in an Audi R8 LMS of the Belgian private team WRT. In his first full year of racing, the “Doctor” achieved excellent results over the course of the year.
Team WRT, on the other hand, will be cooperating with BMW from 2023, so next year the Italian will be starting with a BMW M4 GT3 racing car instead of the Audi R8 racing car. If, according to information, everything goes well and the “Doctor” continues his excellent results, then most likely in 2024 he will move up to the BMW factory team for endurance racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the M Hybrid V8 hypercar.
In fact, the information states that Team WRT’s partnership with BMW was “orchestrated” by the Bavarian company itself, with the aim of luring Rossi to join the hypercar program in 2024.
I struggled with that this year Audi but next year I will be with her bmw» said Valentino. “I’ll be a works driver and I’m very happy. I’ve already tested the car, I’m staying with the same team as last year and the only thing that will change is the car.
THE WRT was with her Audi for 15 years but she was chosen bmw for 2023. I tried it on Monday after the last race in Barcelona. It’s beautiful, very modern, with a double bed Turbo, greater than Audi. It looks easier to drive.”
Regarding 2024 and the hypercar that the German company is preparing, the “Doctor” said: “I would like to try and hopefully we can organize a test. But then I have to understand how fast I am to become one of the drivers in the class hypercars. It’s going to be a tough challenge”closed.
Valentino Rossi said in 2019 that after retiring from motorcycle racing he would pursue a second career and continue racing for at least ten years. And last year he added that one of his big goals is to become competitive in the premier class of endurance racing and Le Mans. “The level of the drivers there is very high and I don’t know if I’m fast enough.”he said.
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he gran canaria stadiumis used to hosting matches. UD Las Palmasa team that currently plays in the second division, but has been there for a long time. beginningmakes for a luxurious setting for hosting. XXIX international convention Liga FC Futures.
For the first time, Las Palmas will witness the talents of 16 of the world’s best quarries from Saturday 27th to Monday 29th December. This is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, with current players at the highest level such as Lamine Yamal, Marcus Rashford and Zaire Emery taking part in other competitions.
The Canary Islands are a place with a great sense of soccer. Those who were used to vibrating with Pedri, Jonathan Vieira or Valerón now hope to stand up in Gran Canaria to confirm their future commitments.
In its 29th year, the tournament will feature four teams divided into four groups, with every team playing against every other team, with the top two teams advancing to the playoffs. The rest will be sent directly to the memorial box.
In the tournament between La Liga and the Jose Ramon de la Morena Foundation, each team will have 12 minutes of game time. Each half will be expanded to 15 minutes in the semi-finals, reaching 20 minutes in the coveted grand final.
The participating football teams are Barça, Espanyol, Real Madrid, Athletic Club, Atlético de Madrid, Betis, Sevilla, Valencia, Villarreal and the hosts Las Palmas. The previous champion was Sevilla. And at the international level, teams arriving on the island are accustomed to playing in the Champions League. No more, no less than Benfica, Juventus, Sporting de Portugal, Borussia Dortmund, PSG, Inter Milan. Let the show begin.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Carlos Sainz Sr., father of Carlos Sainz and two-time world rally champion, has commented on Ferrari’s decision to replace his son with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Sainz was left without a seat at Ferrari last year and later joined Williams. In 2025, the Spaniard outperformed Hamilton and achieved two podiums, while the Briton had none.
Carlos Sainz Sr. emphasized that neither he nor his son criticized Hamilton:
“It’s not our problem, it’s not Carlos’ problem. Ferrari was close to winning the constructors’ championship in 2024, but this year the team has faced difficulties. My advice, and Carlos agrees, is to focus on your work. The world is already too complex to worry about everyone. Let people draw their own conclusions,” he said.
At the same time, Sainz Sr. believes that his son can become a world champion:
“I have a lot of confidence in him and I want to believe that it is possible. I am his father and I have seen how talented he is. If he is in the right place at the right time, he can really achieve this. Everything has to match perfectly. He works and fights for it,” he added.
The rally champion also noted that success depends on the car and the team:
“Unfortunately, I don’t have a crystal ball to know how teams are preparing for radical changes in F1. It all depends on the engine and the chassis. It would be good for Williams to produce a competitive car and fight for the podium. Now they can be at the bottom, middle or top of the table and under the new rules the stronger teams have more resources.”
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Formula 1 pilots’ salaries have long been record-breaking, and the championship’s leading stars regularly appear on the list of the world’s highest-paid athletes.
The current F1 squad is one of the richest in the history of the series, which is directly linked to the sharp increase in the championship’s global popularity in recent years.
But large contracts account for only a fraction of total revenue. Advertising deals, bonuses, business ventures and investments have allowed individual pilots to amass fortunes that far exceed the earnings of most of their peers. According to Racing News 365, it was these Formula 1 drivers who managed to build the largest financial empires in the history of the championship, leaving others far behind.
The richest F1 drivers in history
1) Michael Schumacher – $790 million
2) Lewis Hamilton – $304 million
3) Fernando Alonso – $264 million
4) Kimi Raikkonen – $254 million
5) Niki Lauda – $203 million
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