Valentino Rossi was mistaken in antagonising Marc Marquez in 2015, according to former Jorge Lorenzo crew chief Ramon Forcada.
Forcada, who was crew chief to Lorenzo for all three of his MotoGP titles (including 2015), believes that Rossi’s previous successes with what he calls “psychological warfare” led him to try to accomplish the same thing with Marc Marquez as the target in 2015.
Rossi was a manipulator, in the good sense of the term, throughout his career,” Forcada was quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Against some riders it went well, against others not so well. But in the end it is legal, it is not prohibited. It can be done. You can’t even say that he insulted [Marc] Marquez.”
In 2015, though, Forcada believes that Rossi “made a mistake” in attacking Marquez.
At that moment, he misjudged his opponent, according to Forcada. “He made a mistake. It had always gone smoothly for him, but with Marquez it was different. “He didn’t give it enough thought. Instead of making him an enemy, he ought to have made him an ally. Marc also had nothing to lose at that point because he was young and extremely fast. Valentino, on the other hand, has seen fit to put his finger on the wound.”That time he underestimated his opponent,” Forcada said. “He made a mistake. It had always gone smoothly for him, but with Marquez it was different. “He didn’t give it enough thought. Instead of making him an enemy, he ought to have made him an ally. “Also, at that moment, Marc had nothing to lose,
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