It has been ten years since Valentino Rossi last had a real chance of winning the MotoGP title at the final race.
The Italian missed out on the 2015 crown by just five points, despite starting from the back and finishing fourth at the end of the season.
since then, Rossi He vented his frustrations several times, and it sparked a bitter rivalry with Marc Marquez.
What should have been a heroic season for him and Yamaha It turned into a bit of a nightmare. It haunts him to this day.
Rossi will not forgive Marquez. For the presentation at the end of the campaign, when there is no real chance of winning the title, but he chose to influence the process.
At the time Rossi felt that Marquez’s tactics were ‘disgusting’ And it’s perfectly designed to bring it down. For fans, it was one of the most amazing things they’d ever seen.
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In the year At the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, Rossi felt that Marquez was deliberately trying to catch him and pushed him wide, causing him to fall off his bike. Some felt that he had been trampled.
Rossi’s kick ‘divided’ fansAnd to this day, boos can be heard for both Marquez and Rossi at various events.
Speaking about the ordeal that cost him the chance to win one last title, Rossi warned fans ‘will not forget’ in 2019. Six years later, that’s true.
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“I’ve done things in my work that have stuck with people,” he said. MotoGP’s YouTube Channel. “Especially my fans. For example, when I changed bikes from Honda to Yamaha, or when I came back from Ducati to Yamaha and started racing again.
Or when I had a bad finish in 2015 that cost me the championship, all these things (my fans) will not forget.
Why MotoGP needs someone like Valentino Rossi around
Apart from Marquez, MotoGP currently lacks real characters. Francesco Bagnaia has struggled, Jorge Martin is injured, and no one is ready to step up.
It’s important to have someone the fans love to grow the championship after a few years.
Pedro Acosta could be the next superstar, but he remains on a KTM bike, which lacks the ability to win races.
Fans love to root for winners, and when he starts doing that, he could be the perfect candidate, but for now, it remains to be seen who will take that spot.
