Valenꦕtino Rossi has shared two back-stories of confrontations with ꦿMax Biaggi - but has accepted blame for their bad feeling.

The rivalry between Rossi an🌊d Biaggi is one of the most famous, and 🉐the fiercest, feuds in motorcycle racing history.

Rossi hꦚas now shed more light on what happened at the h🍨eight of the animosity.

Rossi was quoted by explaining a 1997 bust-up with Biaggi: “That ye🔯ar he switched from Aprilia to Honda in 250.

“Everyone said that he onlyܫ won thanks to the Italian bike and I supported it too.

“Once we arriv♏ed in Suzuka, we met in theꦆ same restaurant.

“Max ꦰwas having dinner with some journalists. When I passed him, he called me the 'Max Biaggi of the 125'.

“I replied: 'Here is the Va𒊎lentino Rossi of the 25💙0'.”

A few years later, another face-to-face♏ confrontation took place.

“I got into the ele👍vator alone,” Rossi remembered.

“Then Biaggi and his physiotherapist Maཧrio Laghi arrived.

“It was a𝓀 time when we were teasing each other aꦆ lot.

“Max asked me: 'Why are yo🌜u busting my balls like that?'

“I don't remember my response, but I felt that atta🌳ck. He put his feet on my head.

“From then on I have always been very careful iꦏn e♍levators…’”

Rossi was the young 🀅pretender, but is now ꦯ45. Biaggi, then the champion, is now 53.

Rossi became a MotoGP legend, a nineꦫ-time world champion and the most famous motorcycle racer ever. Biaggi is a six-time champion with his own place in folklore.

“Looking back at 🌳what happened, I wo🐟uld say it was my fault,” Rossi admitted.

“I disl🥃iked Max. We were ✱almost all from Emilia-Romagna, while he was from Rome.

“I didn't like the way he set up the interviews.

“I was also a big Loris Capirossi fan and 🍷I reallꦛy liked Doriano Romboni.

“When I arrived in the championship, I told these things to journalists. I𒆙 guess he wasn't happy.

“After all, he was the top of Italian motorcycling and I said I didn'🎐t like him.

“The relationship immediately got off to a bad stꦡart. But it was my f♌ault."

Biaggi, a year ago, told : “Maybe in old age we will 🐻find ourselves drinking a glass of wine togethe🐼r.

“The more time𓃲 passes, the more there is a desire to meet again and have a chat.”