The head of Mercedes, the world champions among constructors in Formula One this season, Toto Wolff, wants to own world champions Valentin Rossi and Sebastien Ogier behind the wheel of his car.
The silver arrow has already been ridden by MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo, and now team bosses would also like to see how the world rally champion, Sebastien Ogier, and another MotoGP champion, Valentino Rossi, fare. “The essence of Formula 1 is fun, a show,” Wolff told Italy’s Gazzetto dello Sport. "I would like Valentino Rossi and Sebastien Ogier to test with us and I will somehow organize this test day for them."
Rossi had already tested a Formula One car in 2006 and 2008 when he even flirted with moving to a four-wheeled championship, and recently the Italian said that Wolff could call him if he wanted to take a test, which he could not refuse . "Just how could I say no?" was an avid Yamaha racer.
The world champion in the Ogier rally has not yet sat in a Formula One car.
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