“80% of Spanish public was booing us” - they were Valentino Rossi fans!

"There were about 50 fans insulting my mother"

Rossi, Lorenzo
Rossi, Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo has weighed in on MotoGP’s ‘booing’ debate by remembering 🦄the reception he got from Valentino Rossi’s fans.

But to Lorenzo’s shock, he received the negative welcome𓆉 in his o꧅wn homeland of Spain.

It was the end of the 2015 MotoGP season and Lorenzo was crowned champion in Valencia, but amid the notorious skirmiജsh between Rossi and Marc Marquez.

Lorenzo’s victory at the final round secured the title but his compatriots 🎀were not al🦂l so happy.

“Marquez and I arrived at parc ferme and 80% of the Spanish public was booing us because they were Rossistas,” Lorenzo was quoted by&ওnbsp;.

“Hours later, celebrating the title with 🌸my family, there were about 50 fans insulting my mother, saying something like we had stolen the championship from them.

“They were Spanish and Rossistas.

“When I was Rossi's r♔ival... the fans were very divided. I would say hate, as seen in f♕ootball. Real Madrid - FC Barcelona.

“That 2015 was supe♎r dramatic, very strong in terms of emotions and rivalry. Nothing to do with now.

“Before you entered the paddock you noticed that rivalry between Rossi, Lorenzo and Marquez.🔥”

The end to that season was brought up🃏 again this year by Rossi, who has always criticised Marquez’s ro﷽le in preventing him from winning the title.

Lorenzo, Rossi’s Yamaha teammate, instead claimed a seco𓄧nd career championship.

“It is the title of which I feel most proud," Loren🦂zo said.

“I ⭕didn't lead the championship in any race until the las💖t one.

“I really suffered from it and fought it until the end becau♔se I had a lot of bad luck that year. But I didn't throw in the towel."

The animosity of 2🃏015 has seeped into rece๊nt MotoGP rounds.

This year, Marq🥃uez was booed by fans while on the podium at Misano in I💦taly.

They had not forgotten his rivalry with Rossi, desp𓆉ite Marquez now riding I🦹talian machinery.

Pecco Bagnaia tried t🌳o stop the fans’ booing and later criticised the behaviour, which Marquez thanked him for.

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