Rossi still bitter over 2015 Márquez clash a decade on

Valentino Rossi says he still struggles to move on from his 2015 dispute with Marc Márquez, more than ten years after the incident. Speaking on Italian television, Rossi argued that Márquez was not fighting for the championship at the time, but only to make him lose, adding that he succeeded in doing so.

Rossi said the feeling has not faded, and that his frame of mind when he thinks about the Valencia finale is much the same as it was that night. He described trying to focus on other races rather than a single defeat, but noted that losses tend to hurt more than wins in sport.

The comments come as Rossi releases his autobiography, "My Story", co-written with journalist Giorgio Terruzzi. The book covers the 2015 Sepang clash that effectively ended the relationship between the two riders.