Aleix Espargaro’s verdict on notorious Marc Marquez vs Valentino Rossi bust-up: “Both guilty!”

Aleix Espargaro believes Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi were “both a little guilty” for their infamous spat eight years ago.
Rossi, Marquez, Japanese MotoGP,
Rossi, Marquez, Japanese MotoGP,

The f⛎all-out from the conclusion of the 2015 MotoGP season - ultimately won by Jorge Lorenzo - is still being felt today with Marqu😼ez and Rossi both speaking about their clashes this year.

Rossi was accusing Marquez deliberately trying to assist Lorenzo🐓 in the fight for the title. In the penultimate race in Sepang🌜, Rossi and Marquez clashed, and the Spaniard hit the deck.

Rossi was punished by starting the season-🎃finale f🔴rom the back of the grid and he couldn’t do enough to claim the championship, but again insisted that Marquez was riding to prevent him from becoming champion.

Aleix Espargaro, Malaysian MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro, Malaysian MotoGP

"I did not like absolutely everything that generated th💞e action between Marquez and Rossi,” is the verdict from Espargaro who was racing alongside them. 

“I think they were both a little guilty.

“I think Marc should have had a little more class, with Valentino playin🎃g the world championship, and not hinder him so much in that race in Malaysia. 

"Valentino's a🔯c⛎tion is clear: Valentino takes him off the track and should have been sanctioned in that same grand prix.

“I think everything that happened was negative for🗹 our sport.&nb🧸sp;

“They are, without any doubt, the two best drivers in the hi🦹story of our sport and that they ended as they ended their relationship and all the prominence that the situation took was very bad for our sport.”

Marquez spoke about these incidents on his Amazon Pri🌺me documentary at the start of this season.

“Was I going to help 🌊him win a title? No,” he said about Rossi.

“I wasn’t motivated because of what he created. Because of what I li𒁏ved during those two weeks. I don’t wish that on anybody, let alone at 22 years old.

“‘Just know that Valentino has a lot of power in the media, and people will be again꧋st you’.

“If s🉐omeone disrespects me, I’ve got the personality and the balls.”

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