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Even Hollywood A-listers can't resist his charms. Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Daniel Day-Lewis are huge fans, as is seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton. It is like you are comparing people with computers, it is like he has a bigger hard drive and bigger memory than the rest of the guys," Briggs told BBC Sport.

One of the biggest highlights of my career was the day we spent together riding and swapping vehicles. It was so cool to do it with somebody I had watched and admired for such a long time," Hamilton told BBC Sport. Rossi, who moved from Yamaha's factory team to satellite team Petronas Yamaha SRT for the 2021 campaign, is 19th in the riders' standings after nine races - his worst start to a season. But why? Let names such as Max Biaggi, Fabio Quartararo and Lewis Hamilton fill you in. World titles to world dominationHe can adapt very easily and do more than one style. He was very strong on brakes but also in the wet he was fast. He was not the cleanest of riders because his style wasn't the cleanest - still he was able to have great results over the past 20 years." The Biaggi and Rossi era was epic especially when the title was on the line But based on his comments at a recent media conference, it looks like Rossi could be turning his attention to four wheels. I am sure that a lot of fans will be as pleased as we are that Rossi is starting a new career on four wheels and that he is doing it in GT, with Team WRT and Audi,” Team WRT boss Vincent Vosse said of the Rossi announcement. Team WRT is the perfect fit I was looking for and I am anxious to start this new adventure in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS with them.” He tested with Team WRT in December 2021 and has now finalised a full 10-round campaign with the team. Team WRT is the most successful outfit in the series’ history, securing 28 drivers’ and team titles overall since the 2011 season.

We had a lot of championships together and we were rivals. We were the same nationality and that makes the rivalry very true," Biaggi told BBC Sport. He is the only rider to have started 400 or more races in the sport's history, and has 89 victories in the premier class - no-one in the history of grand prix racing has ever come close to that.

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Rossi, whose Grand Prix career has spanned 25 years, is the only rider in history to win World Championships in 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and MotoGP. It was great, I've enjoyed it very much, it's been a long, long journey and it was really fun," he said. He was set to make an appearance in the endurance event until a positive Covid test result ruled him out of this year’s race. So what is next for the rider who loves Batman movies, Bob Marley and eating pizza with mayonnaise? I love to race with cars, so I think I will race with cars from next year, but it is not decided yet.

Valentino was and is my idol," said the Frenchman. "When I was six I saw one of his races and he was overtaking on the last corner in Jerez in 2005, and that was the moment I wanted to be there, fighting with MotoGP riders. But with Rossi's longevity and his epic battles on tarmac, he has inspired the next generation of motorbiking superstars, none more so than 2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo. I think there is a lot to take away from the great leader that he is. It's beautiful to see he has achieved everything he wanted." Rossi's rivals - the greatest battles of a generation News of Rossi's announcement also came with confirmation he will be "concentrating his efforts" on his new MotoGP team, Sky Racing Team VR46, in 2022.Since his last title win, he finished runner-up in the championship to Marc Marquez in 2014 and 2016, and Jorge Lorenzo in 2015. Harris said: "He was brave and fearless - one of the greatest races ever was in 2008 in Laguna Seca where he beat [Australian two-time MotoGP champion] Casey Stoner and took him at the corkscrew. No-one who was there could ever forget that move. He was prepared to take enormous risks." Six-time world champion Max Biaggi was 'The Doctor's' first true rival. Both Italian, both passionate, both wanted to win. Everybody knows that I have always been a great car racing fan and that I have always been interested in racing on four wheels once my MotoGP career would come to an end. Now I am completely available to devote myself to a car racing programme at a high level and with the right professional approach.