Eight years ago, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez clashed in a moment so vitriolic that it still divides fans - and remains a source of antagonism betwဣeen the great rivals.

Before the Sepang 2015 race, Rossi staggeringly accused Marquez of trying to deny him the title by aiding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo’s bid.

Days later in the grand prix their infamous ‘collision’ ended with Marquez hitting the deck, and Rossi, who was accused of kicking him down,🤪 slapped with a back-of-the-grid start for the season-finalಞe which ultimately cost him the title.

As MotoGꩵP returns to the scene of the cri🦄me, what are Rossi and Marquez’s latest thoughts?

Valentino Rossi: “There is a very deep wound, I think about it too much”

“If I think about those last three races from 2015 now, I have exactly the same f🌞eeling as when I crossed the finish line in 2015,” Rossi said on a podcast at the beginning of this year, the most recent time he has publicly discussed꧙ the incident.

“There is a very 𓃲deep wound, I think about it too much.

“Fortunately I have done many other thin♉gs that make me happy with my career but…

“In Malaysia he bothered me the whole race. He tried toജ throw me down. Then after the straight we touched.

“He says I kicked him. But I didn’t.

“Anyway, he crashed. After the race I went [to the stewards] and thought they would start him last - iꦰnstead they started me last. 

“H♏e ruined a crucial race for the world championship, the penultimate race of the championship.”

Marc Marquez: “Disrespectful, intimidation”

The rivalry was reopened by Marquez’s Ama🙈zon Prime documentary earlier this y♓ear.

He first mentioned the pre-race press conference in Sepang in 2015, when Rossi shared his clai൲ms of a conspiracy.

“The Mal🎃aysian press conference arrived and instead of taking me aside and speaking he attacked me publicly, it was disr🐻espectful. I think it was intimidation,” Marquez said.

The documentary cap🌞tured Rossi saying “bravo” sar♔castically, and Marquez saying “beautiful kick” after their incident.

Marq🗹uez reflected on it: “Some people still say that I thr💎ew myself against his bike.

“‘He didn’t kick you, he only pushed his foot out 🅘a bit!’

“Whatever, he cornered me into the side of the track. Didn’t give me any room. And when he looked ꦍat me, he poked his foot out.

“It was also a mistake from the race dir🉐ector. If it isn’t Valentino Rossi, it’s a black flag and it’s over.꧟”

The Amazon Prime director of Marquez’s documentary insistedꦏ that Rossi rejected the chance to have his say.

"We consulted Valentino, but he did not want to par🔴ticipate,” director Jaime Perez told .&nbs🅺p;

“We had a🍸 documentary by Marc Marquez, but we also talked about events involving Lorenzo or the first years 🎀with Pedrosa where he said strong things. 

“We went to them, we explained it to them a▨nd botꦑh, with all their rights, said yes, and Rossi, with all his rights, said no."

Jorge Lorenzo: ‘When you feel strong, you don’t talk about this stuff’

Lorenzo, Rossi’s rival and his Yamaha teammateꦫ, profited from the incident by winning the 2015 title.

ꦑ“I think Marquez understood that Valentino did it on purpose,” Lorenzo says of the kick incide🎉nt in Sepang.

Lorenzo added about🔴 Rossi’s feisty press confer✃ence: “When you feel strong and you know you’re going to win every race? You don’t talk about this kind of stuff.”

Marquez res🔯ponded: “Lorenzo is right. If you’re fast then nothing bothers you and you don’t have time for nonsense. 

“If you aren’t fast and you feel inferior, feeling like you’re going to lose, you start looking for🐎 problems.”

‘He is still angry’

“He hasn't talked about it much with me, but I'm sure he's still angry,” Rossi’s brother Luca Marini, who was 18 at the time but now rid♒es for the VR46 MotoGP team, said.

Aleix Espargaro recently touched on the topic for his social media channel: “I think Marc should have 🍌had a little more class, with Valentino playing the world championship, and not hinder him so much in that race in Malaysia. 

"🥂Valentino's action is clear: Valentino takes him off the track and should ha♔ve been sanctioned in that same grand prix.

“I think eve🦩rything that happened was negative for our sport.”