Marc Marquez is still facing regular questions about his relationship with Valentino Rossi. Perhaps this should come as no surprise given that their rivalry has been one of the most exciting of its era.
Rossi He will retire at the end of the 2021 season but Marquez says the pair are still not on speaking terms.
In the year I haven’t recovered from the incidents at the 2015 Malaysian GP, ​​which Rossi accused me of. Marquez Deliberately helping title rival Jorge Lorenzo before they collided during the race.
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Marquez and Rossi seemed to ignore each other When they crossed paths in Austria last year. The Ducati rider said he did not see the VR46 boss.
Marc Marquez has urged fans not to ‘hold grudges’ against Valentino Rossi
In an interview on a Spanish television programThe purposeMarquez asked again about Rossi. He insists that ‘there will never be enough’.
Marquez equaled Rossi’s seven premiership finishes. It is very popular to do eight last year and this season. The Doctor’s Last Championship It was in 2009, which partly explains the disappointment in 2015.
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Marquez said the fans should focus on applauding Rossi instead of attacking him. He defended VR46 academy graduate Marco Bezecic last October after his Indonesian side suffered a season-ending injury.
“They ask, but that’s normal,” said Marquez, who tried to silence the boos directed at Rossi at last year’s Valencia awards. It’s hard to live with resentment. I don’t want my fans to hold a grudge against me. I want them to save their energy to applaud me.
There was another rider who got in my way when I got hurt. He’s wrong, but nobody does it on purpose, and sometimes people don’t understand that.
Marc Marquez explains that MotoGP riders ‘don’t want to talk’
Marquez broke his collarbone And in Mandalika’s accident, he damaged a shoulder ligament, which required surgery. He hasn’t missed a race since the 2023 season.
He explained that accidents like El Objetivo ‘shaped’ his career. Marquez’s broken arm In the year He marred his final years at Honda as he underwent four surgeries between 2020 and 2022.
Although the riders officially ‘don’t want to talk about it’, they know they risk life and limb when they go to the track.
“It’s the bad crashes that really shape you,” he said. “A lot of riders get to MotoGP and crash once or twice, and it looks like they don’t know how to ride a motorcycle.
“You push the limit; otherwise, everyone else does, but you get hurt, it puts your life at risk, and we know about it, even if we don’t want to talk about it. It’s a taboo subject, but when you’re at home, relax… you have respect for that. If you’re hurt, you feel it right away.”
