Marc Marquez on Valentino Rossi at MotoGP Argentina 2018: “I made a mistake, apologised - but he accused me, strongly”
Their rivalry has been scrutinised again due to Marquez’s new documentary, in which he details every aspect of his career including his relationship with fellow MotoGP riders.
He believes Rossi intentionally kicked him off his bike at Sepang in 2015 and ridiculed his rival’s accusations that he was intentionally helping168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Jorge Lorenzo - but has also admitted fault for their clash in Arge💝ntina in 2018.
“Since Argentina 2018, 🐻I have not spoken to him again,🍃” Marquez said.
“So, everything had happened and we had a cordial ౠrelationship. Yes, it is true that I made a mistake.
“In motorcycling there are🌺 overtaking to the limit, and sometimes they are not completely controlled. It happens in all categories.
“My fr🐻ont wheel went off when I was overtaking him and I hit him๊, he fell. They penalised me for it and I apologised.
“But 💦he accused me, strongly, even in bad manners, and, from there, I said that I did not want to know anything.”
Marquez had started from 19th due to a penalty but was charging through the field, up to seventh 💎behind Rossi, when he attempted an overly-aggressive overtake. Rossi went down, M▨arquez received a 30-second penalty.
Repsol Honda boss Alberto Puig tried to apologise to his Yamaha counterparts but was dramatically d💮🥃ismissed, before Rossi told reporters that he didn’t feel safe racing alongside Marquez.
It was, ultiཧmately🌊, another chapter in their fiery rivalry.
"With Val✅eℱntino, I have learned a lot from him and he has been a benchmark for motorcycling in general,” Marquez said.
“But, over the years, I havᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe learned that you cannot be friends with everyone. With Valentino there have been good 𓆏times and bad, and now each one goes their own way.
"But it will happen to me too, it's the law ꦺof life. There comes a time when a young man arrives and beats you, and you can't do anything.
“At first, it's hard to digest this, but the reception was good, it was also good from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dani Pedrosa. We also had our clashes, with Dani, Lorenzo... I arrived aggressively. I ꦫwent with everything.”
Marquez can equal Rossi's t🍌ally of seven premier class championships if he wins the MotoGP title♈ this year.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1꧂.
