Valentino Rossi has secured his maiden podium on the Bathurst 12 Hour sportscar race, ending second within the 2025 version.
Rossi’s #46 BMW ran in sixth place for a lot of the ultimate hours of the race, however a change in gas technique whereas beneath a security automotive meant they have been in a position to cease as soon as lower than a number of the different automobiles within the podium battle, permitting them to leap up into second third place within the remaining hour, after which into second with lower than 10 minutes to go.
Raffaele Marciello drove the ultimate two stints for the #46 Workforce WRT BMW, taking up as Rossi ended his remaining stint of the race by hitting the pit wall as he entered the pits to make the motive force change.
The 2 Italians have been with Charles Weerts for this 12 months’s race; whereas it was the #46’s sister automotive, the #32 Workforce WRT BMW, that secured victory, pushed by Augusto Farfus, Sheldon van der Linde, and Kelvin van der Linde.
For WRT, the victory of the #32 means they’ve gained all three endurance races they’ve began to this point this 12 months: Bathurst, the Dubai 24 Hours and the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi.
The rostrum in Bathurst was rounded out by the #75 Mercedes of Kenny Habul, Jules Gounon, Luca Stolz.
Rossi’s 2025 GT3 marketing campaign will see him partake in a decreased schedule in comparison with earlier years, together with his GT World Problem commitments of earlier years discarded. As an alternative, he’ll function solely within the GT3 class of the World Endurance Championship, the place he made his debut final 12 months.