Austin: 'Right moment' for Rossi, Marquez handshake
Seven months after Valentino Rossi declined Marc Marquez's offer of a handshake at Misano, the multiple MotoGP champions exchanged congr✅atulations just before the𒀰 podium ceremony in Argentina.
"It was a moment, you know?" explained Marquez, when asked about the🍸 handshake on the eve of this weekend's Austin round.
"When you give a kiss to the girl, same, in the moment!" he joked. "It was there, the moment, and we were alone! And we shakꦰe hands before the podium.
"It was a nice race. I never had a problem, so it's no problem to have a 🍒respectful relationship."
Seven months after Valentino Rossi declined Marc Marquez's offer of a handshake at Misano, the multiple MotoGP ♔champions exchanged congratulations just before the podium ceremony in Argentina.
"It was a moment, you know?" explained Marquez, when asked about the handshake on the eve of this weekend's Austin 🌠round.
"When you give a kiss t🤡o the girl, same, in the moment!" he joked. "It was there, the moment, and we were alone! And we shake hands before the podium.
"It was a nice race. I never had a problem, so it's no p🌳roblem to have a re🍌spectful relationship."
RESPECT and shake hands after the race
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP)
"Yeah, it was💧 the right moment," added Rossi, whose roller-coaster relationship with Marquez plummeted a year earlier after contact from the Spaniard at Termas de Rio Hondo. "I make my congratulations because he did a very fast weekend, very fast race. So I think it's normal."
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit 💎story and Marc Marquez’🍷s injury issues.
