Valentino Rossi received three penalty points for his horrific crash with Marc Marquez at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix. He successfully completed the FIM sanctioned title race.
Under the rules at the time, a driver faced a back-of-the-grid start while accumulating four points. Rossi He already had one for the obstacle event with Jorge Lorenzo at Misano.
Despite Rossi’s controversy at Valencia, Yamaha’s Lorenzo was able to clinch the world championship. In the doctor’s eyes this was a great injustice.
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Rossi accused Marquez of riding dangerouslyBut the latter was not punished.
In his press conference before the race, Rossi made this claim Marquez To boost Lorenzo’s title hopes, he was toying with him in the battle at Phillip Island the week before.
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In MotoGP’s Official documentary Former FIM race director Mike Webb recalled the aftermath of the crash when looking back at the Sebang crash. He allowed the knights to argue their case in a room.
Rossi insisted he did not cause the contact on purpose, while Marquez rejected the idea that he was holding the Yamaha on purpose.
Webb acknowledged that Marquez may have been irritating his opponent, but said that did not excuse the offense. Although Honda claimed to have fired Rossi on the #93 bike, the race director could not confirm that this was intentional.
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Rossi was punished for deliberately forcing another wide. He unsuccessfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“We called them both together, basically to hear both sides,” Webb recalled. “That’s how we did it.
“They clearly defended their position, Rossi said: ‘No, it was nothing deliberate, I was running, Marquez was out, it was the unfortunate contact.’
Mark (He was saying I couldn’t run as fast as I wanted, I couldn’t escape).
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In response to the controversy, the FIM has drawn up a new stewards panel for the 2016 season. This ensures that the competition director is not stretched too thin.
Webb said: “We quickly moved to the situation where the FIM stewards panel, a separate panel, looking at events only, race direction continues the race.
There was a lot more technology, more people and separating people’s work so they could focus on their own way.
Marquez was shocked by Rossi’s accusation Especially since he ‘didn’t have the best relationship’ with the Spaniard as Lorenzo was helping him.
In Lorenzo’s view, this is the reality. Rossi was too slow to win the 2015 title.It makes Marquez’s failure a distraction.
