Rossi says Marquez wanted him to lose the 2015 title

Valentino Rossi has revisited his 2015 feud with Marc Marquez in a new autobiography, La Mia Storia, due for release on 10 November. Rossi maintains that Marquez interfered in his MotoGP title battle with Jorge Lorenzo, which culminated in the clash at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Rossi said Marquez was not fighting for the championship, which was between himself and Lorenzo, but was only fighting to make him lose. Rossi was later penalised with a back-of-the-grid start for the Valencia finale, and he accused Marquez of a 'biscotto', an alleged agreement to prevent the title from going to the Italian. Lorenzo was crowned champion.

Rossi said the matter still hurts more than a decade on, and that he regrets the attention the lost title receives compared with the championships he won.