Ramon Forcada doesn’t hold back on Valentino Rossi

Ramon Forcada doesn’t hold back on Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi’s words about 2015 and Marc Marquez have sparked serial reactions in MotoGP. Among them is that of Ramon Forcada, Jorge Lorenzo’s former chief technician at Yamaha during the very period in question. Forcada did not hold back his words about the Doctor: "Rossi è has been a manipulator, in the good sense of the word, throughout his career. Against some riders è it went well, against others less well", he told the Duralavita podcast.

"In the end è legal, not è forbidden. It can be done. You canò’t even say that he insulted Marquez. In 2015, però, he underestimated his opponent. He made a mistake. It had always gone well for him, but with Marquez è it was different".

The diatribe between the two è eventually cost Valentino the World Championship: "He should have made him an ally and not an enemy. Besides, at that moment, Marc had nothing to lose, he was very fast and very young. Instead, Valentino saw fit to put his finger on…".

"It's impossible to understand what Valentino is thinking of achieving with these words. I do not think they serve to take pressure off his riders. Maybe è convinced that the enemy of his students must be Marc: the wound of 2015 è still in his mind and it hurts him. Maybe he believes that psychological warfare can still work".