Valentino Rossi counterattack Marc Marquez which once again revealed the controversy over the 2015 Malaysian MotoGP. Here is Marquez’s statement that annoyed Rossi at the 2022 Valencia MotoGP last weekend.
On the sidelines of Francesco Bagnaia’s victory as world champion at MotoGP Valencia 2022, Rossi responded to Marquez’s statement in an interview with AS.
“It is normal for him [Marquez] it continues like this, but everyone knows what happened in 2015, everyone understands it. So every time he says it’s not true, it will only make it look worse. ” The Gazzetta dello Sport.
What did Marquez say that pushed Rossi to give a striking answer?
In an interview with HOW During the Malaysian MotoGP 2022, Marquez was asked about the controversial incident at the Sepang circuit in 2015. At that moment, Rossi accused Marquez of helping Jorge Lorenzo in the race for the 2015 MotoGP world title.
Here is Marquez’s statement in the interview:
“Yes, I will do the same. Rossi came to bring the time of the Australian MotoGP to the press conference of the MotoGP of Malaysia [2015]. I remember perfectly. At that moment I didn’t understand anything, it was as if he were telling me that I spent the race joking and overtaking whoever I wanted. It does not make sense”.
“But I repeat, for what happened that weekend, for how I felt [terhadap tuduhan Rossi] before the race and everything else, I will act the same and fight the same way. “
“If you look at the pace in training [MotoGP Malaysia 2015], Rossi has nothing left. Lorenzo and Pedrosa have a better pace, but the other riders don’t. I had nothing left in that race. “
“I don’t know if the accident [musim 2015] it makes MotoGP more interesting or worse. When there is controversy in sport, it attracts news and the public wonders what is going on. “
But when a rider is insulted while on the podium, applause is heard as the rider falls, and there is someone who can stop him, but he [Rossi] I do not want to do it. I have decided to move to a new page “.
“No, I’ve never contacted Rossi, and neither do I. The years go by and my love for Rossi is getting less and less and I don’t care.”
“Valentino is taking the step of retiring and it is clear that he missed a lot in MotoGP, but it must be accepted. The fact that a rider retires, there is always hope that he will come back and that is why he is missing “.
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