valentino rossi

As a motorbike racer, Valentino Rossi is quite possibly the greatest we’ve ever known; as a sportsman, he sits comfortably along the peak of the world’s finest. Yet having swapped his leathers for Nomex,...

This is precisely the kind of article I enjoy reading, a fly on the wall insight into a special event that most of us can only view from afar.

Created in 1988 by former Michèle Mouton, the only female WRC event winner, and Fredrik Johnsson, the Race of Champions has become the most eagerly-anticipated after party of the motorsport season. This year's event, run on the 3rd and 4th December, returned to Dusseldorf's ESPRIT Arena, the venue where relative newcomer Felipe Albuquerque took the overall ‘Champion of Champions’ cup in 2010.

Luca di Montezemolo declares his interest in having Valentino Rossi in a Ferrari F1 car for 2011.