#but you could not waterboard this opinion outta me if i was marc tbh... tho it speaks to how madddd he was which is important !!!!

[moonshynecybin]

i know marc is a liar and all but i actually don’t think he held back on purpose in valencia 2015… i believe him when he says he didn’t have extra motivation but i also believe he meant it when he said “(When we arrived) in Valencia, I say ‘Please we need to win the race because if not … he will complain.’” (from https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/01/motorsport/marc-marquez-motogp-valentino-rossi/index.html) and that honestly makes it that much more tragic to me. i think he was waiting for an australia type moment but dani caught up to him and messed with his rhtym, which fwiw also seems to be mat oxley’s view:

“If both Repsol Hondas had managed to get past Lorenzo, then Rossi would have been champion. But they didn't. Perhaps Marquez was riding shotgun to Lorenzo. But if that's true, why was he on the Ml's tail throughout the race, with his body language - loud as always! - telling us he was building towards a last-lap attack, most likely at the final hairpin, which would give Lorenzo no chance to come back at him?

And why didn't he give Lorenzo an easy time, following him around at a respectful distance, rather than hassling him lap after lap? Those are all questions to which everyone has their own answers.

The only fact was that Lorenzo's M1 had better acceleration grip, so Marquez could never get the drive he needed to set up a pass at the next corner.

It is also worth pointing out that Valencia is a grim track for overtaking. It's a slow, narrow, one-line, follow-my-leader circuit with a dead-slow entry onto its only straight. It is the polar opposite of wide, fast and open Phillip Island. The Valencia layout leaves little opportunity for riders to prepare a pass exiting one corner and into the next, especially on heavy MotoGP bikes with traction control and carbon brakes. At five of the last nine dry-weather MotoGP races at the track there wasn't a single overtaking manoeuvre at the front. Not one.” (from https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/what-really-happened-motogps-2015-finale/)