Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez: Jorge Lorenzo snaps, “I didn’t even mention him.”

Former Ducati rider Jorge Lorenzo took to Instagram to express his anger over an interview of his that was misreported by some media outlets. Speaking to TNT Sports, the former Majorcan rider named Giacomo Agostini and Marc Márquez as the two greatest riders of all time: “I think there will be a real debate over who is the best of all time between Márquez and Agostini. For me, if he wins this tenth world title, Marc will undoubtedly be the best of the modern era.”

Some media outlets had also reported the statement “Valentino Rossi can’t be in that group,” which the Spaniard strongly denied: “Sensationalism is one thing, but making up that I mentioned a rider I didn’t even name in my statement crosses every line of journalistic manipulation.”

“These days, just to attract attention and generate clicks, many media outlets no longer set any boundaries for themselves, even at the cost of damaging people’s reputations. This kind of conduct should be severely punished!”

“Furthermore, I urge other media outlets to consult the original interview before publishing, in order to avoid spreading inaccurate or out-of-context statements,” he wrote on his official profile. According to Lorenzo, in any case, Marc Márquez is already “the greatest in terms of technique and riding ability.”