Valentino Rossi says he felt title rival Jorge Lorenzo was helped out by Marc Marquez during last weekend’s thrilling four-way battle at Phillip Island. Marquez took honours in Australia last weekend after an epic scrap that featured 52 overtaking moves among the top four, the last of which saw Marquez pass Lorenzo for the lead at MG corner on the very last lap. But having reviewed the race, Rossi said he believed the Honda rider could have won easily had he pushed throughout, but instead chose to vary his pace to allow Lorenzo a better chance of escaping out front. “If we see another race like this, we have to speak with Marquez, because afterwards I see very clearly that he played...
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