MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has recalled an encounter with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Michael Schumacher when testing for Ferrari in the mid-2000s.

The nine-time Motorcycle champion has tested F1 machinery multiple times over the years.

His mꦑost infamous outing for the Scuderia was at ൲Valencia in 2006.

The Italian’s performance was so impressive that it led to sugg🦩estions that he could hav🍰e switched to F1 from MotoGP.

Rossi ultimately remained in MotoGP, ♛adding two more titles to his collection in the subsequent years.

In an interview with Italian publication , Rossi opened up about meeting Schumacher and how he was “paranoid” ah🌃ead of the encounter. 

Rossi revealed that he had backed Jacques Villeneuve, most likely for the 1997 F1 world championship, given that the Canadian went head-to-h𒅌ead with Schumacher for the title.

“I have▨ wonderful memories of Schumi,” he said. 

“It was known thatཧ years before I had bet on Jacques Villeneuve, therefore against him.

“So, when weಌ found ourselves in the garage I was a bit paranoid. 

"No🔯w he looks at me and thinks, here he is the idiot... Instead, he was very kind, h💖e gave me a lot of advice. A great guy.”

Rossi’s infamous Ferrari F1 test

Rossi enjoyed several F1 tests for Ferrari, mostly for the love of it, with🥃out any ambition of makinౠg the switch to two wheels.

He first experienced F1 machinery in 200🅘4 and even wore one of Schumach💟er’s spare helmets.

12 months later, Rossi was handed another ♑run-out, this time in a shakedown at Fiorano.

However, his 2006 test was his most impressive, and it led to Ferrari president Luca di Montezemelo’s suggestion that the team 🌠would field Rossi in a third car if the rules allowed it.

During the 2006 outing at Va🎐lencia, Rossi was just 0.7s off Schumacher’s lap time, but some caveats apply, though. 

Rossi drove a modified v👍ersion of the 2004 car with🦹 a de-tuned V10 engine, whereas Schumacher was in the new F248F1 (2006) car, which ran with a V8 engine.

Rossi still impressed Ferrari, with claims later made that he could ha🐲ve potentially driven in F🍌1.

One possibility was driving with m🦂innows Minardi to gain experience before moving u🐬p the grid to Ferrari.

Rossi would get another chance to test for Ferrari in 2008, driving the car which narrowly missed out on the F1 drivers’ championship to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

This tiꦏme, it was “a chanceꦛ to celebrate the success of a friend and a team”.