Valentino Rossi’s girlfriend Sofia Novello gives birth as MotoGP legend becomes a dad two days before new season
MOTOGP star Valentino Rossi and partner Francesca Sofia Novello have announced the birth of their baby daughter.
The Italian MotoGP legend has started a family after emotionally retiring from the sport back in August 2021 after an illustrious 25-year career in the saddle.
That freed up time for Rossi to be on dad duty, instead of having to gear up for Sunday’s 2022 MotoGP season opener in Qatar.
The 43-year-old became a father for the first time alongside girlfriend Francesca, who is 14-years his junior.
Model and influencer Francesca took to Instagram to post a picture of newly born baby Giulietta to her 542k followers.
She wrote: “Mum and dad are over the moon! Welcome Giulietta Rossi.”
Rossi also shared the post to his 13million Instagram followers.
He first met glam partner Francesca in 2018, and she was a regular in the paddock before he called time on his career last August.
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That very same month the pair announced they were expecting a child together in a hilarious social media post.
Rossi dressed up as a doctor while holding a stethoscope pressed up against Francesca’s stomach, captioning the snap: “After a careful visit we can tell you that Franci is pregnant! We are expecting for a girl.”
Francesca is a former lingerie model, who was the face of various fashion campaigns in Milan, and even used to work as a MotoGP grid girl
Rossi’s 25-years in the sport and nine MotoGP World Championship titles helped him amass a fortune of around £150m.