Updated with further quotes from Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez...

During the post-race press confeꦿrence for the US MotoGP, Valentino Rossi light-heartedly put Honda team manager Livio Suppo on the spot over Marc Marquez's🍌 Corkscrew pass.

Rookie Marquez braved it out around the outside of second place Ros♛si as they arri🔜ved at the downhill plunge through the legendary 'S' turn, running over the kerb and across the gravel before re-joining the track (pictured).

It was the stand-out ♛moment of the race and almost an exact𝐆 copy of the pass Rossi had made on Casey Stoner during their epic 2008 battle - when Suppo was running Stoner's Ducati team.

"I want to speak a little bit about the overtake, especially with Livio S⛦uppo," said a smiling Rossi.

"So, you and Stoner broke my balls for ꦗtwo or three years ab💮out that overtake because I cut the corner. So what do you say today, he has to be disqualified eh?"

S♍uppo, sitting in the🌱 audience, replied: "Thank you for the question and thank you to Marc - because after a few years we pay you back!"

"Ahh okay, okay!" laughed Rossi.

After the overtake, championship leader Marquez went on to catch and pass Stefan Bradl and claim his th♓ird win of the season.

Rossi held on to third place, then jokingly a🌌ttacked Marquez in parc ferme, before🦩 giving the 20-year-old a big hug and a handshake.

"I already said to him [Rossi] that I will pay the copyright!" commented Marquez of the overtake. "When I s💝aw the video of 2008 I thought 'that is impossible'. But wh♈en I was there I let off the brakes a little because there was no space and I passed in the same place.

"The overtake that he did in 2008 was better because [then] it wa🌞s different and the pictures, but okay I enjoyed it too!"

Rossi laughed off a question about Yamaha team management being se♊en heading for Race Direction.

"He cut the track, so he has to be disqualified!" smiled Rossi. "No, I think in 2008 I made one of the best overtakes - I want to say in history, maybe - and today Marc did the same. You know, when you do a mo🃏ve like꧅ this you have to take a risk and maybe not everything is perfect for the rules.

"I think it is right to do this kind of overtꦛake... We have to be able to do this without any problem with Race Direction."

Marquez unsurprisingly agreed: "You cannot do it every lap, but one time in one race why not? We need to be a bit free because in the end people want to see a shඣow. I thought I was on the correct line, then I saw I was🐟 outside the track. It's a difficult place!"

"When you arrive at the Corkscrew it is hard to see and understand if you are on the line, even when you are alonꦐe," said Rossi. "It is the trick of that corner. So ✅you can imagine how hard it is to overtake there."

Comparing his reaction to that of𒀰 an angry Stoner ൲in 2008, Rossi said:

"For me we have a very different character and approa🌌ch to racing, than Stoner. For me it was a great overtake. When I was on the bike I said 'f**k' because I heard him behind me but expected him on the other side. He did something different.

"Need 🌄style, different character to lose an overtake like this. From one side I'm not happy, because Marc overtook me in a great way, on the other side I know I have a credit with him. If I do it to him he cannot💯 say nothing!"

The seven time champion also warned:

"I think today was not the right day to fight with Marc, because he was too fast for me.ꦿ But for sure before the end of t🎉he season we will have another chance to fight, where I will be faster!"

Marquez now leads the standings by 16꧒ points heading into the summer break. Rossi is fourth in the championship.