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Rossi was'very close' to switching to F1
Valentino Rossi’s father has revealed that the MotoGP superstar came close to moving to Formula 1 on numerous occasions. Rossi first tested an F1 car alongside Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher back in 2004. In the years that have passed, he has driven F1 cars on a number of occasions and speculation of him making the switch continued to be reported over and over again. Rumours of a potential move from competing in the MotoGP to F1 was at its height in 2009 when Rossi was considered to be a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Massa ended up being ruled out for the remainder of the season, but Ferrari opted to bring in Luca Badoer initially before calling up...
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