MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi and six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and have swapped steeds in Spain. The event was kept under wraps initially, with reports that the F1 star had taken to Instagram to respond to rumours that he had crashed the Yamaha. A video of the event has since emerged.
The behind-locked-doors stunt took place at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit on Monday and was covered by Sky News.
“Honestly this has been the best year and this has just topped off,” Hamilton, who added his sixth crown after a superlative 2019 season, told Sky’s Craig Slater.
Rossi has driven a Formula One car before, several times with Ferrari between 2004 and 2010 when there was speculation he could switch from two wheels to four.
Four times 500cc world champion John Surtees remains the only man to win the Formula One title (in 1964) as well as top motorcycling honours.
Hamilton is also a keen motorcycle rider, riding to some European tracks and testing a Yamaha superbike but never a MotoGP machine.
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