Valentino Rossi “good at controlling the fans”, incident showed his “bad side”
Valentino❀ Rossi "was the only one with a personality!"

Valentino Rossi𒅌’s “bad side” was demonstrated in his war with , it has been claimed.
The nastiest rivalry in MotoGP remains relevant to his day with Marquez in the same factory Ducati garage as Rossi’s protege 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia.
Marquez is 𒈔gunning for a ninth worlꦯd championship this season which would match his old nemesis.
“Rossi was very good at controlling the fans,” 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Scott Redding told the Motorsport Republica podcast.
“He’s always been good at that.
“That’s why he’s such a big name in the sport - because he was thꦰe only one with a personality!
“Good or bad, he played it very well.
“When things got rough and re♐ady with Marc, and he played the fans against him, it was naughty.
“Marc had people turning up to his house… there was no need💫 for it.
“[Rossi] could have stopped it. ๊People won’t agree, but it showed the bad side of Rossi.
“Marc was getting booed last year in Misano. Pecco Bagnaia was on the podium saying ‘you don’t need to do that🌼’, and I respect t꧑hat.”
Scott Redding: 'Didn't see eye to eye' with rivals
Redding competed in MotoGP alongside Marquez and Rossi for five years, throughout their notorious clashes in Sepa📖ng, Argentina and the rest.
He remembe🤡rs an era where riders were not so friendly - and he prefers it.
“The end of it was Valentino Rossi v Marc 🧸Marquez,” Redding said.
“But Rossi v Sete Gibernau, that was racing.🌱 It was f****** personal!
“I used to be in the paddock and didn’t even have a handle of friends. If I had a friend in the same♔ race, it was difficult. I could manage it but…
“I didn’t see eye to eye with them. Now they all have din𝓰ner together.
“For me, when I’m on t꧒he grid I'm going to war. I used to struggle with that, when I took the helmet off.
“Over the years it has become a friendship thing. They all train together! I don’t want to train with my rivals, they’re all learning each other’s weaknes🐲ses.
“It’s hard now because it’s t꧅he way the sport is going. You are expected to be nice.
“If you give🍷 a middle finger to someone in the race, you get a fine. Say something bad, you get a fine.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ev🍌erything from American sports, to football, to F1.