Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez says Valentino Rossi 'lost control' in the heat of the MotoGP world title race after tension between the pair appeared to boil over at Sepang.
Rossi was unable to shake off Marquez in his efforts to chase after key title rival Jorge Lorenzo as he disputed third place with the outgoing world champion.
Following after a series of frantic overtakes between laps four and seven, the Italian forced Marquez wide before appearing to lash out at the Spaniard's Honda with his left leg, causing him to crash out of the race.
The unsavoury incident came after Rossi had accused Marquez of favouring Lorenzo for the title in Thursday's pre-race press conference in Malaysia, claiming he 'helped' Lorenzo at Phillip Island.
Race Direction imposed three penalty points on Rossi and the Movistar Yamaha rider will start the final race at Valencia in Spain on November 8 from the back of the grid after accumulating a total of four penalty points [one point incurred at Misano].
Rossi did not have any championship points deducted and still holds an advantage of seven points at the top over Lorenzo.
“I don't know the reality or reason of Valentino's team because in Australia I pushed really hard and I won the race, so I don't know what they want,” said Marquez, who passed Lorenzo at Phillip Island on the final lap to win the race.
“Here, I tried to push in the beginning and I did [2m] '00 on the second lap. When he [Rossi] overtake me the first time, I tried to follow him but then I saw I can be faster and then I tried to do my race.
“Of course, I tried to overtake him to try to push and open some gap between me and him. Valentino was disturbing me and I was disturbing Valentino because we couldn't find the best pace,” Marquez added.
“When Valentino was in front he was not very fast and after this incident, his lap time was 1m-high, 2m-low and I thought that I was able to ride even faster.”
Analysing the shocking lap seven drama that brought Marquez's race to a shocking end, he added: “You can see easily on the TV that I go in, I heard that the Yamaha was coming, I shut [the throttle] a little bit and he stayed completely straight [on] the bike and he looked at me two times and I was [thinking] 'what's happening, what do I need to do', and I stayed there.
“I didn't expect that he would take off the leg and push my handlebars and my front brake. Then I lost the front and when I was in the floor I saw him look behind again.
“For me, it doesn't matter if you are Valentino or another rider, [in] this type of incident you are out of control. When you are a rider you know what is going on – to take off a leg and push another rider out, it is difficult how you can think this on the bike.”
Marquez, giving a press briefing in the Repsol Honda hospitality on Sunday evening, said the seemingly personal battle between himself and Rossi 'cannot go any further'.
“I don't want to be involved in the middle of this but what I know is that I was out of the race and he was still riding; I get zero points, he gets 16. For me, the penalty is there and strange decision,” said Marquez.
“Of course, what happened on Thursday was surprising for everybody, but I forget and I did my weekend. All the eyes were looking at me and Valentino and I got out in the race to try to do my race and I was pushing, trying to follow Jorge, but then we started to battle and I say, 'I will follow him to see how is the rhythm', and I saw that I was pushing him.
“When Jorge passed me I was not able to follow and also I was not able to follow Dani [Pedrosa]. I saw that Jorge had opened a little bit of a gap and I said, 'I will try to overtake him [Rossi] to try to push', but then when I overtake him we start many overtakes since we arrive in the moment [of the crash],” the 22-year-old added.
“I think this battle can not go more far because to arrive at the point when another rider kicks with the leg, we cannot arrive more far. I will try for next year and in Valencia to make a good set-up, a good bike and try to do a different type of race.”
Repsol Honda team principal Livio Suppo added: “What happened today is something we never want to see in racing, as it is unacceptable that a rider would intentionally create a dangerous situation causing the crash of another rider.
“We love motorsport and we like to see riders competing for victory, but there must be a limit and mutual respect of each other.”
Repsol ฮอนด้ามาร์คมาร์กล่าวว่า วาเลนติโน Rossi ปรากฏ 'สูญ' ในการแข่งขันชื่อโลก MotoGP หลังจากความตึงเครียดระหว่างคู่เดือดที่เซปัง Rossi ไม่ไหวออกจากมาร์ในความพยายามของเขาไล่หลังชื่อคีย์คู่แข่ง Jorge Lorenzo เขามีข้อโต้แย้งสามกับแชมป์โลกออก ต่อไปนี้หลังจากที่ชุดของคลั่ง overtakes ระหว่างรอบสี่และเจ็ด อิตาลีที่บังคับมาร์กว้างก่อนปรากฏ ฟาดที่ฮอนด้าคาร์ของ Spaniard กับขาซ้ายของเขา ทำให้เขากระแทกจากการแข่งขัน เหตุการณ์ unsavoury มาหลังจาก Rossi ได้กล่าวหาว่ามาร์ของ favouring Lorenzo ในแถลงข่าวก่อนการแข่งขันพฤหัสบดีในมาเลเซีย เรื่องที่ว่า เขา 'ช่วย' Lorenzo ที่เกาะฟิลลิป จุดโทษสามบน Rossi กำหนดทิศทางการแข่งขัน และผู้ขับขี่ยามาฮ่า Movistar เริ่มต้นการแข่งขันสุดท้ายที่ Valencia ในสเปน 8 พฤศจิกายนจากด้านหลังของตารางหลังหลังทั้งสี่จุดโทษ [จุดหนึ่งที่เกิดขึ้นที่ Misano] Rossi ไม่มีจุดใด ๆ แชมป์ที่หัก และยังคง เก็บข้อดีของจุดเจ็ดที่ด้านบนเหนือ Lorenzo "ฉันไม่รู้ว่าจริงหรือเหตุผลของทีมของวาเลนติโนเนื่องจากออสเตรเลีย ผมดันยากจริง ๆ และฉันได้รับรางวัลการแข่งขัน เพื่อทราบว่าสิ่งที่พวกเขาต้อง กล่าวว่า มาร์ ที่ผ่าน Lorenzo ที่เกาะฟิลลิปบนตักขั้นสุดท้ายจะชนะการแข่งขัน "ที่นี่ พยายามที่จะผลักดันในการเริ่มต้น แล้วค่ะ [2m] ' 00 บนตักสอง เมื่อเขา [Rossi] แซงฉันครั้งแรก พยายามที่จะทำตามเขา แต่แล้ว ผมเห็นได้เร็วขึ้น และจากนั้น พยายามที่จะทำการแข่งขันของฉัน “Of course, I tried to overtake him to try to push and open some gap between me and him. Valentino was disturbing me and I was disturbing Valentino because we couldn't find the best pace,” Marquez added. “When Valentino was in front he was not very fast and after this incident, his lap time was 1m-high, 2m-low and I thought that I was able to ride even faster.” Analysing the shocking lap seven drama that brought Marquez's race to a shocking end, he added: “You can see easily on the TV that I go in, I heard that the Yamaha was coming, I shut [the throttle] a little bit and he stayed completely straight [on] the bike and he looked at me two times and I was [thinking] 'what's happening, what do I need to do', and I stayed there. “I didn't expect that he would take off the leg and push my handlebars and my front brake. Then I lost the front and when I was in the floor I saw him look behind again. “For me, it doesn't matter if you are Valentino or another rider, [in] this type of incident you are out of control. When you are a rider you know what is going on – to take off a leg and push another rider out, it is difficult how you can think this on the bike.” Marquez, giving a press briefing in the Repsol Honda hospitality on Sunday evening, said the seemingly personal battle between himself and Rossi 'cannot go any further'. “I don't want to be involved in the middle of this but what I know is that I was out of the race and he was still riding; I get zero points, he gets 16. For me, the penalty is there and strange decision,” said Marquez. “Of course, what happened on Thursday was surprising for everybody, but I forget and I did my weekend. All the eyes were looking at me and Valentino and I got out in the race to try to do my race and I was pushing, trying to follow Jorge, but then we started to battle and I say, 'I will follow him to see how is the rhythm', and I saw that I was pushing him. “When Jorge passed me I was not able to follow and also I was not able to follow Dani [Pedrosa]. I saw that Jorge had opened a little bit of a gap and I said, 'I will try to overtake him [Rossi] to try to push', but then when I overtake him we start many overtakes since we arrive in the moment [of the crash],” the 22-year-old added. “I think this battle can not go more far because to arrive at the point when another rider kicks with the leg, we cannot arrive more far. I will try for next year and in Valencia to make a good set-up, a good bike and try to do a different type of race.” Repsol Honda team principal Livio Suppo added: “What happened today is something we never want to see in racing, as it is unacceptable that a rider would intentionally create a dangerous situation causing the crash of another rider. "เรารักนักแข่งรถ และเราอยากเห็นผู้ขับขี่ในการแข่งขันสำหรับชัยชนะ แต่ต้องมีขีดจำกัดและและความเคารพกัน"
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