Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP rivalry was brief, but lived long in the memories of fans around the world.
The best years were between 2013 and 2016, and the saddest thing was that they never came face to face with something. MotoGP Title.
Rossi It may have been late in his career, but he came back to life in particular during the 2015 campaign.
Meanwhile, Marquez He was just getting started and had a point to prove. It’s a big reason why they clashed so much – they both had points to prove.
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Rossi and Marquez are similar to Michael Schumacher.And all three of them defined certain eras in their careers.
Marquez has shown ‘special’ behavior. He used it before making his debut and immediately after his promotion to the premier class. He was able to defeat his rivals for some time.
Read more: Here’s what Valentino Rossi told Dani Pedrosa about Marc Marquez after his Malaysia 2015 crash.
Jorge Lorenzo thinks Valentino Rossi saw Marc Marquez as a ‘successor’ before 2015.
MotoGP insiders felt 2015 was ‘now or never’ for Rossi.And it went on to become one of the most controversial seasons of his career.
He and Marquez then clashed but the Spaniard crashed too hard, putting him out of the championship race.
When they collided so famously in Malaysia, the damage was done, but Jorge Lorenzo thinks it’s time to take over from Rossi Marquez.
“My impression was that Valentino and Mark … I don’t know if they were actually friends, but the image they gave people was that they were good together, laughing and stuff,” he said in Matt Oxley’s biography of Mark The Magnificent.
“It was as if Valentino had accepted that Marc was his successor. He was already 36, and Marc was 22, and sooner or later he had to retire, and Marc liked him. When Valentino returned to Yamaha in 2013, he struggled to be competitive, then in 2014 he was a little better, then 2015 came.
“Marc had a problem with the Honda in 2015 and crashed several times, so he was third in the championship, and Valentino was leading,” continued Lorenzo.
“I think that’s when Valentino opened his eyes and saw a chance to win the championship again, so he became a killer again, a killer who had been dormant for three or four years.
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How the relationship between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez changed when MotoGP arrived
Before Marquez arrived in MotoGP, Rossi was one of his idols. He had models of his bikes in his bedroom and admired the Italian rider.
That dynamic changed when he started fighting it. The man who had once wanted to do anything for him was now completely against him.
Lorenzo believes part of that is down to understanding Rossi’s replacement as he had a chance to win again in 2015.
But before that, they were walking a rocky road. There had been signs that their relationship had soured for years, and Malaysia 2015 proved to be a boiling point.
