“Afterwards, I see very clearly that he played with us” – those were the words that triggered one of the biggest ever controversies not just in MotoGP, but in the entire world of motorsport. A week earlier at Phillip Island, Valentino Rossi had finished off the podium for the first time all year in dry conditions, coming off worst in an epic four-way encounter with title rival Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Andrea Iannone. Accusations fly Nobody was accused of foul play, until Rossi revealed in the pre-event press conference at Sepang that he felt Marquez could have won easily – and instead hung back to allow Lorenzo to get away before pouncing on the final lap to take victory....
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