Rossi says that he was denied his win by a Spanish ‘stitch-up’ after his Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo won the final round of the season in Valencia. Rossi said Lorenzo was a deserving champion but he could not understand why Honda should want to see a Yamaha rider win. He accused Márquez of being a ‘biscottone’ – an expression used in football when two teams play out a mutually beneficial draw to the detriment of another – but said he expected no less.