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In a historic moment for both Lewis Hamilton

and Valentino Rossi, and their respective sports,

the pair completed an unprecedented track
day as each swapped machinery recently at the

Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
Valentino Rossi drove The Mercedes-AMG F1 W08 EQ
Power+, a car that won the 2017 FIA Formula One™ World
Championship with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
at the hands of Lewis Hamilton, whilst Lewis rode the 2019
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1 bike that only weeks
earlier had been piloted by Valentino at the very same circuit.
The significance of the occasion was not lost on either Lewis
or Valentino who have made no secret of their admiration and

respect for each other in recent years. Acting as mentors for
one another, the pair were able to complete multiple runs on
each other’s machinery and share insights and learnings about

each other’s craft.

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