“Valentino Rossi is still angry with Marc Marquez…”

Valentino Rossi is “still angry” with Marc Marquez over their notorious tangle eight years ago, says Luca Marini.
Rossi, Japanese MotoGP,
Rossi, Japanese MotoGP,

Rossi lost out on the 2015 MotoGP championship after an extraordinary series of incidents w✨ith Marquez tꦺhat will live long in the sport’s history.

Their toxic feud was reopened at the start of t🧔his year by Marquez’s Amazon Prime documen﷽tary, where he shed new light on their rivalry.

“I was at home and I didn🐬't experience that up close, because 🐲there was also a time difference,” Rossi’s brother Marini, who was 18 at the time, remembered to about the infamous Sepang race.

Rossi knocked Marquez off his bi𒅌ke and was hit a penalty to start from the back of the grid at the season-finale, which ultimately hampered his chance at winning the title.

“There has been talk about it, but not too much,” Marini said about Rossi’s lingering💧 frustration.

“He hasn't talked about i🍬t much ♔with me, but I'm sure he's still angry.”

It was put to Marini that the events of 2015 changed MotoGP forever, turning it into a sport closer to foo🐟tball where fans pick a side.

Marini ꦓwas told that fans shouldn’t be so partisan against a fallen rider, and he said: “We agreeꦺ.”

Marquez will swap Honda for Ducati next season, m꧒eaning he will ride the same year-old Dꦺesmosedici than the VR46 duo will have.

“It's fant🐻astic,” Marini insisted about Marq🐭uez’s arrival.

“He is an incredible rider, very strong, but like all the others,🐓 the most he can do is win races and we already have Jorge and Pecco 🍸who do it.

“That he can also w𓆏in th👍e title? Pecco has already won it. Nothing is going to change, nothing.”

Marini as MotoGP champion? "It can be done"

Luca Marini, Thailand MotoGP 28 October
Luca Marini, Thailand MotoGP 28 October

Rossi’s l𝓰egacy continues through his VR46 team (who are challenging for this year’s title via Marco Bezzecchi) and his VR46 Academy who crowned its first champion last year in Pecco Bagnaia.

But also th🍸rough Marini, his brother, who has been forced to endure criticism that he is only in the premier class due to Rossi’s influence.

Doesn’t he wish to silence those critics?

“No. I have a good heart.”

He’s less belliger⛦ent than Rossi, it is suggested.

“Yes, I am more peaceful, too,” he replied.

Is Marini a future champion?

“I think that depends on me, just l๊ike that. It can be done.”

Can a♑ satellite Ducati rider win the MotoGP title?

“Jorge Martin has shownꦯ thaဣt it can be done,” Marini said. 

“I didn't think I🧜 could win the World Championship, but the Pramac team has a very official status, more sꦚo than us, with a very good bike and Ducati engineers with a lot of experience. 

“We started the season with very little technical difference, but with♌ e🍌ach test that difference increases.”

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