Valentino Rossi and the MotoGP test annoys Lewis Hamilton

Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton will create one of the most anticipated motor events of the year. For the first-ever Mercedes champion on a MotoGP.

Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi know how to attract attention. Together, they have over 21 million followers on Instagram and around 18 million on Facebook. The two most charismatic characters of motorsport together on the same circuit and on the same day. It took Monster Energy some time to organize one of the most anticipated events of the year, but the sounding board is already well amplified. The Mercedes champion and the Doctor are already sending messages to each other at a distance: "It will be fun", The 40-year-old anticipates. "I feel very excited to exchange with the legend Valentino Rossi. Are you ready?".

Nothing better for MotoGP and Formula 1 fans, at a time of the year when the engines are at a standstill and is already thinking about the upcoming championships. A calendar void that the Valencia event will be able to fill abundantly for at least a week. Lewis Hamilton had long been expected at the Tavullia Ranch and who knows that getting on the saddle of the Yamaha M1 does not bring English to the mouth. A year ago he competed in Jerez with an R1, along with SBK pilots Alex and Sam Lowes. For some time he had announced his desire to try a prototype of the top class and that day he arrived.

And if Valentino Rossi already has a smattering of old Ferrari and rally cars, for the F1 champion the company will be more difficult. "The test with Valentino Rossi makes me a little nervous", He confessed after the last victory in Abu Dhabi. "This bike is incredibly fast, it will be great!". Always a MotoGP fan, he visited the paddock for the first time in 2013 at Le Mans, the last in Losail last March. Thanks also to the sponsor Petronas who binds him to the Yamaha satellite team. Between common passion and brand everything becomes easier …