GT World Challenge 2023 Misano Race 2 Rossi First Win French Commentary
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00:00 We stopped for Baptiste Moulin on the number 119,
00:08 which is one of the two Lamborghinis of the team Vincenzo Sospiri.
00:11 Here we are, preparing the smoke bombs for the fans of Valentino Rossi.
00:15 I'm telling you, it's going to be crazy here.
00:17 We are living a moment, the fact that it is in addition here in Misano.
00:21 We are less than 20 km from Tavullia, where Valentino Rossi lives.
00:27 I told you, his wife Ella, I had the opportunity to meet her yesterday.
00:31 Look at Maxime Martin, who remains very, very stressed for the moment.
00:34 Do you think he knows how to handle the pressure, the boy?
00:38 Minimum, I think.
00:39 Come on, win races, he's already done it.
00:41 He doesn't have any pressure behind him, with five seconds ahead.
00:44 No, but I mean, handle the pressure in the sense of being afraid of winning.
00:48 It shouldn't be his thing.
00:49 Indeed, 115 victories in the Grand Prix and in one lap.
00:56 Perhaps a first victory in the Final of the Tech GT.
00:59 And in addition, at the level of the championship, after the podium,
01:03 the second place of Bram Sach.
01:05 It's going to be a good start.
01:07 It would be pretty good, indeed.
01:08 We'll do the math again, but it could be a good start.
01:11 They were third on the starting grid.
01:13 As it is not always the poleman who wins.
01:15 So obviously, without the nut problems,
01:17 it might have been different for Drizanto and Charles Weert.
01:20 But with the saws, we'd be in the lead.
01:23 I won't get your story out of my head.
01:32 With the penalty, with the five seconds attributed to the Ferrari number 69,
01:41 the return of the 1000 racing brothers, it could do the job.
01:43 The Mercedes of Raffaele Marchello and Timur Boguslavski.
01:47 We're starting to believe in the WRT team of the 46.
01:53 He's still two warnings away from the finish line.
01:56 So there won't be any problems on Valentino Rossi's side,
01:58 who stayed where he had to.
02:00 Who was able to manage his lead.
02:03 He still has five seconds on Luca Legere.
02:05 Seven on Jean-Baptiste Simono.
02:07 We'll see two WRT team BMWs on the podium to surround an Audi.
02:12 Definitely, this Misano circuit remains one of the magic circuits for WRT,
02:19 which will have won with this one 10 of the last 13 races here in Misano.
02:27 Look at the crowd applauding Valentino Rossi.
02:31 And look at Valentino's face.
02:37 The emotion is huge because the bet he made, Valentino Rossi,
02:41 and Maxime Martin as well, the bet of Valentino Rossi,
02:45 to go in GT, to go and face the best.
02:48 He could have gone to less-recorded championships.
02:50 He said, "No, I'm coming here because I know this is the championship
02:53 where there's the most competition.
02:54 This is the most difficult championship.
02:56 I want to face the best."
02:58 He came and he won today.
03:01 Vincent Vos, who in my opinion, in terms of joy,
03:04 won't give up either.
03:05 He's the one who went to get Valentino Rossi.
03:08 He was the one who was going to convince him when he learned
03:11 that the doctor was ending his motorcycle career.
03:13 He took a plane, he went to Tamuya, he said, "Valé, we have to talk.
03:17 I want to offer you something."
03:19 It was during the winter of 2021-2022.
03:23 He convinced Valentino Rossi to come with WRT,
03:27 with Frédéric Verviech who served as coach last year as official pilot.
03:31 Maxime Martin this year, who is alongside Valentino Rossi.
03:35 But does he still need a coach?
03:37 We can still learn, of course, but he's at the level of the best now.
03:40 It's extraordinary.
03:42 I'll remind you that this pilot just celebrated,
03:45 well, he celebrated last February, his 44th anniversary.
03:50 44 years.
03:52 How many 44-year-old pilots who have had a car career
03:57 their whole lives can display such a level?
03:59 And how many can dare to display such a level
04:02 for their second season in the car?
04:04 This Valentino Rossi is a phenomenon.
04:09 It was a day, honestly, Laurent, I see you look skeptical.
04:18 I didn't say anything.
04:20 Frankly, you've already smashed the turn signals,
04:23 so we're not going to get carried away.
04:25 When we realised at the pit stop how it was going to turn,
04:27 I had understood, indeed, that we were at risk of having
04:31 an incredible, incredible experience today, honestly.
04:35 And for the championship, of course, we're not going to lie,
04:38 it's all good to have a pilot like him.
04:42 And it's all good for the championship in terms of points.
04:45 And for the championship in terms of points.
04:47 Be careful because the doctor, look,
04:55 who stops in front of the stand.
04:57 That's beautiful.
05:00 It's extraordinary.
05:01 I hope we're not going to blame him.
05:03 No, honestly.
05:05 It wouldn't have been the case.
05:06 Yeah, honestly, it's beautiful.
05:08 Valentino, in his works, he always had the thing on the motorcycle,
05:13 the little flag hidden here or there.
05:16 It's because we're going to have my shares.
05:19 You're counting 1.5%, it's going to be fine.
05:25 I told him before the start, you have to win,
05:27 my shares are going to go up.
05:29 Thank you, Valet.
05:30 And the first victory of a BMW, it's not the duo we were expecting.
05:37 First victory of a BMW since Nogaro 2015.
05:41 Maxime Martin and Dirk Muller had won the BMW Z4 Team Brazil.
05:47 It's the first victory of a BMW in a sprint for more than 8 years.
05:52 Look at Valentino Rossi's emotion.
05:55 It's huge.
05:56 The challenge he took up.
05:57 It's a ninth place for Charles Wirth's car,
06:00 it's from Drus Venter.
06:02 He finishes at 16 seconds.
06:04 How much did they lose in the pit stop?
06:06 They lost 13 seconds.
06:09 The technical team of the 46 wins the pit stop challenge.
06:13 It's a cardboard box for the 46.
06:17 The pit stop challenge is attributed to the mechanic.
06:20 When you put the two pit stops together,
06:22 which were the fastest for the pit stops,
06:24 you take the time between the start and the exit of the pit stop lane.
06:27 During the two races, you add them and the fastest win the pit stop challenge.
06:33 The total, as you said.
06:35 It's going to be crazy when you see the atmosphere in the paddock during this weekend.
06:43 Listen, listen.
06:45 It's a 10.
06:46 So, one year to learn, one year to win.
07:01 It's confirmed.
07:02 Yes, it's confirmed.
07:08 But you have to be a champion.
07:09 He had already won.
07:10 So, being a champion, it's going to be another sport.
07:12 No, but already winning a race, already in the highest championship in sprint,
07:15 it's not nothing.
07:16 I mean, in front of him, there are Thomas Leboeufs who have so much more experience.
07:23 The experience he has, it doesn't buy the experience.
07:28 It doesn't buy it.
07:29 On the other hand, there is the talent too.
07:30 And he has some.
07:31 Look, look.
07:32 Still.
07:40 And even for Maxime Martin, even for Maxime Martin, who still lived a difficult period
07:44 at the end with Aston Martin, the last years, especially last year,
07:49 where it was not the expected result.
07:51 We will wait and we will listen.
07:55 I think Gemma Scott.
07:57 At the interview, but we may leave Valentino Rossi time.
08:09 Go!
08:10 So Max, it's not fast, but it's incredible.
08:22 Incredible.
08:23 What an image, but what an image.
08:25 And him too, obviously.
08:27 It makes him particularly happy.
08:29 Him too, Maxime.
08:32 It's not an accident like the others, Laurent.
08:38 Camilla, who is on the right, who takes care of Valentino Rossi's social networks,
08:44 but also of the VR46 team, which is engaged in MotoGP.
08:47 And Max, the famous Max, who is always there, everywhere, to help him,
08:54 to bring him water, to put his gloves on him, because these two are practically
08:58 like the fingers of one hand.
09:00 Valentino Rossi's entourage.
09:06 The fact that he is here.
09:09 And we will listen to Gemma Scott at the interview.
09:19 Maxime Vallée, Vincent Vos, celebrating as well.
09:23 It's a wonderful, wonderful time.