Rio Hondo, Argentina: Movistar Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi showed his frustration when he failed to grab points in the second series of MotoGP 2018 which took place at the Circuit Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina, Sunday, April 8 local time. The reason, he was not able to get points because it was not the result of his own mistakes or his team.
This time his failure to get points due to the act of the defending champion MotoGP Marc Marquez. It started when the Spaniard drove away from 19th position to the front row position.
Rossi became the peak of Marquez’s inadequate attitude who wanted to take Valentino Rossi’s place for sixth place. The 39-year-old rider got bumped by The Baby Alien (Marquez nickname) which then made VR46 lost his balance and then his motor was widen from the track and eventually fell.
But it does not happen once. Previously, Aleix Espargaro and Franco Morbidelli were seen becoming victims of Marquez in this race. But not just during the race, in the second series of Argentina MotoGP 2018, Marquez often made troubles by disturbing the other racers with his very aggressive movements.
This thing is clearly makes Rossi states that the four-time MotoGP world champion was deliberately wanting to knock another racer in front of him. The reason is if Marquez made a mistake, but it does not happen in general.
“If you take an example of what happened this weekend, one by one, it could happen, it could happen to everyone. You make a mistake in braking, you can touch someone else, it can happen because this race, “said Rossi, quotes from Motorsport.
“But since Friday morning, he made it like this with (Maverick) Vinales, (Andrea) Dovizioso. He made this kind of thing with me on Saturday morning. Today he made trouble with the four riders, because he did it on purpose, “he added.
“That’s not a mistake, because he shows the foot (which shows) between the foot and the motor. He knows he did not touch but you’ll be touched, he’s hoping I had an accident, “concludes the teammate of Vinales.
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