“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 with Marquez that will live long in the sport’s history.

Their toxic feud was reope🐻ned at the start of this year by Marquez’s Amazon Prime docum🎉entary, 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 abou♏t the infamous Sepang race.

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

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

“He hasn't talked about it much with 🍒me, but I'm sure he's 🌃still angry.”

It was put to Marini that the ev𝄹ents of 2015 changed MotoGP forever, turning it into a sport closer to fo🌞otball where fans pick a side.

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

Marquez will swap Honda for Ducati next season, meaning he will ride the same year-old Desmosed💮i🌃ci than the VR46 duo will have.

“It's fantastic,” Maಌrini insisted about Ma🌟rquez’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 h♍e can also win the 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 legacy continues through his VR46 team ๊(who are challenging for this year’s tiꦛtle via Marco Bezzecchi) and his VR46 Academy who crowned its first champion last year in Pecco Bagnaia.

But also through Marini, his brother, who has been forced to endure critic♐ism that he is only in tꦡhe premier class due to Rossi’s influence.

Doesn’t he wish to silence those critics?

“No. I have a good heart.”

He’s less belligerent than Rossi, it is s🦋uggested.

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

Is Marini a future champion?

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

Can a satellite Ducati ജrider win the MotoGP title?

“Jo☂rge Martin has shown that 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 so than us, with a very good bike and Ducati engineers with a lot of experience. 

“We started the season with ver🅷y little technical difference, but with each test that difference increases.”

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