Jorge Lorenzo on Valentino Rossi’s downfall in MotoGP 2015 season: “When you feel strong? You don’t talk about this stuff…”

Jorge Lorenzo believes that Valentino Rossi’s trademark mind games backfired in the notorious end to 2015, because the legend no longer “felt strong” or had belief.
Lorenzo and Rossi, Australian MotoGP
Lorenzo and Rossi, Australian MotoGP

Yamaha teammates Lorenzo and Rossi were duelling for the title when Rossi controversially accused 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez of actively trying to assist Lorenzo.

Rossi was punished for causing Marquez to crash in Sepang and, in the final race, Rossi was behind Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dani Pedrosa and unable to claim the second-place he needed to win the MotoGP championship, adding further toxi♈city to the feud.

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Lorenzo said on the Amazon Prime Video documentary ‘Marc Marquez: All In’: “Their relationshi🧔p changed. I was watching wha🎀t was happening between them and rubbing my hands. 

“A battle 🐼between them could🌜 benefit me. And that’s what happened.”

Lorenzo said about the notorious incident in Sepang between Rossi and Marquez: “I think Marquez understood🍸 that Valentino did it on purpose."

Rossi had already sat in press conferences and accused Marquez of plotting against him🌃 to prevent him from collecting🐼 another championship.

Rossi wou♛ld finish second in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons and would never add another premier classꦍ title to his tally of seven.

Lorenzo recalls Rossi’s accusations and says: “When you feel strong and you know you’re going to win every race? You don’t talk about this ꦛkind of stuff.”

Marquez added: “Lorenzo is right. If you’re fast then nothing bothers you and you do༒n’t have time for nonsense. 

“If you aren’t♌ fast and you feel inferior, feeling like you’re go𓄧ing to lose, you start looking for problems.”

Bradl, Marquez,Lorenzo Rossi, Indianapolis MotoGP
Bradl, Marquez,Lorenzo Rossi, Indianapolis MotoGP

Marquez admits in the documentary that, during the fi♛nal race of 2015, he opted not to take risks to win the race because he didn’t want Rossi to benefit by winning the championship.

Lorenzo, whose own relationship with Rossi was defined by a wall separating them in the Yamaha garage, now says: “The experience they had in Argentina and Holland - the way they battled it out, the crazy braking - made Marc not care a🎐bout winning as much. He only cared about passing Valentino at every turn.”

Pedrosa added to the docꦏumentary: “Valentino is a rid🍰er that likes battling it out. I didn’t agree that he said Marc tried to help Jorge in Australia. I really don’t get it.”

This year, if Marquez can overcome his Repsol Honda bike’s problems and his twoꦗ-year injury nightmare, he can equal Rossi’s total of seven MotoGP cham꧙pionships in the ultimate last laugh to their rivalry.

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