Valentino Rossi respond to the accusations Marc Marquez on the brutal duel of the two in MotoGP Malaysia 2015 when accompanied by Francesco Bagnaia he became world champion in 2022.
Rossi and Marquez have been deadly enemies since their clash in 2015. So far the rift in their relationship is not over and now it seems to be deepening again.
Rossi revealed this when he participated in the 2022 Valencia MotoGP to provide support to his student, Francesco Bagnaia in winning the 2022 world title.
“It’s normal for it to continue like this, but everyone knows what happened in 2015, everyone understands it. So every time he says it’s not true, he’s just sick,” Rossi said. accident.
Initially, Marquez reopened the story of his feud with Rossi at the Sepang circuit in 2015 when he appeared at the Malaysian MotoGP 2022.
Marquez denied that he deliberately blocked Rossi’s pace in the 2015 Malaysian MotoGP race. The Repsol Honda rider said he did not have good speed, nor Rossi, to compete with Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo who finished 1-2.
“If you look at the pace in training [MotoGP Malaysia 2015], he has nothing left. Lorenzo and Pedrosa have a better pace, but the other riders don’t. I had nothing left in that race, “said Marquez.
“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. “
Rossi retired after the 2021 MotoGP and Marquez admits that he has never had contact with the nine-time Grand Prix champion.
(rhr / jal)