Rossi maintains Sepang kick claim in autobiography

Valentino Rossi's autobiography, 'La Mia Storia', reportedly restates his denial that he kicked Marc Marquez during their 2015 Sepang clash. Extracts published by Marca suggest Rossi still maintains the alleged kick never happened, even as he acknowledges the crash may look like one.

Rossi writes that Marquez's brake lever caught his leg at knee height as Marquez tried to overtake, causing his left leg to slide down. He says it really looks like a kick caused the crash, and that he thinks so too after seeing the footage. Honda had planned to release data showing a sudden increase in pressure from Marquez's front brake lever before he fell, but that would not have proved a deliberate kick. The data was never released as MotoGP sought to calm the situation.