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Norris: Sad times. I'm going to miss Valentino Rossi
McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris paid tribute to his boyhood idol, Valentino Rossi, and revealed they had exchanged text messages ahead of the Italian rider's great's final MotoGP this weekend. Norris, 21, wore a Rossi tribute helmet at the 2019 Italian Grand Prix and the two have kept in touch since they met at Silverstone that year. 'He sent me a message last night, just because he is going into the final race of his career,' the British Formula 1 driver told reporters ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix at Brazil's Interlagos circuit. 'It's sad times. I'm going to miss him. He was the guy I watched when I was four, five, six years old. He got me into racing, got me onto a motorbike first,'...
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