Is Valentino Rossi heading to Le Mans?

Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi says that racing one day in the Le Mans 24 Hours is now on his bucket list.

The italian is well acquainted with the world of four wheels, having sampled in the past rally cars, GT cars and even enjoyed a test in Formula 1 with Ferrari in 2006.

"It's one goal to try to do the Dakar [Rally] in the future, but it's very, very hard, you have to be well prepared" Rossi said.

"For sure [I'd do it] with the car, because with the motorcycle it's really dangerous, we will see.

"But I'm more concentrated on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it's the first goal, because on the track I feel better, so maybe when I will stop with the bike we can have time."

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In the aftermath of his positive test-run with the Scuderia ten years ago, many encouraged the legendary motorcycle racer to add another set of wheels to his register, and perhaps gear himself up for F1.

But the famed #46 ultimately decided to stick with MotoGP.

"I think that it was the right decision, after 2006 I remained in MotoGP and I won another two championships, had great races, great battles, so I don't have any regrets.

"But I like a lot Formula 1 for sure, I had one moment where I said 'we try, try to understand what [can] happen', so we made some tests, went to Valencia and tested together with the others.

"I remember on the flight back from Valencia to Rimini I said 'no, I'm not ready to stop with motorcycles' and it was the right choice."

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