{"id":640898,"date":"2010-01-23T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T21:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/valentino-rossi-becomes-the-worlds-hottest-property-on-2-and-4-wheels\/13959\/"},"modified":"2010-01-23T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T21:09:25","slug":"valentino-rossi-becomes-the-worlds-hottest-property-on-2-and-4-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/640898","title":{"rendered":"Valentino Rossi becomes the world&#8217;s hottest property on 2 and 4 wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/valentinorossiferrarif1test21110.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"Valentino Rossi testing Ferrari F1 on January 21, 2010\"><\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that the three biggest stories in Formula One right now concern a driver who competed in 2010 but not in 2009 (the Michael Schumacher comeback), a driver who competed in 2009 but not 2010 (Raikkonen loses his drive and goes WRC) and a driver who has never competed in F1 and quite possibly never will &#8211; Valentino Rossi. Indeed, Rossi has only ever driven an F1 car six times, but his status as one of motorcycling&#8217;s all-time greats and one of the most popular and media-savvy sportspeople of all time make the possibility an incredibly enticing prospect. For Ferrari, Rossi brings a global army of fans and the possibility of a rare Italian driver-car title combination that hasn&#8217;t happened since Alberto Ascari in 1953, despite 15 drivers titles and 16 constructors titles for the marque since then. This week Rossi tested in a Ferrari F1 car again, and was so fast that the possibility might now be approaching a probability&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/ducati\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ducati<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/f1\/\" rel=\"tag\">F1<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/ferrari\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ferrari<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/honda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Honda<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/motogp\/\" rel=\"tag\">MotoGP<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/motorcycle\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorcycle<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/valentino+rossi\/\" rel=\"tag\">Valentino Rossi<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/wrc\/\" rel=\"tag\">WRC<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/yamaha\/\" rel=\"tag\">Yamaha<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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