Rossi’s rally starts today

Valentino Rossi’s Rally of Great Britain gets under way today. The reigning MotoGP champion will be tackling the tough Welsh forests from around 8pm this evening.

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He’ll be running his trademark race number 46 on a near-works spec Peugeot 206, specially provided by Michelin, who also provide his tyres in MotoGP.

If you can’t get down Cardiff to see Rossi start his race don’t worry. Click on to: www.networkq.co.uk and follow the links for the Rally, where you can see live timing for all the drivers.