Jorge Lorenzo says he feels that Valentino Rossi was given lenient treatment by the race stewards for his clash with Marc Marquez in order to keep the title fight open. Rossi and Marquez came to blows at Turn 14 on the seventh lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Rossi running Marquez out wide, making contact and causing the Honda rider to fall. The stewards ruled that Rossi’s penalty would be merely to start from the back of the grid at Valencia, the Italian keeping his points for finishing third place behind Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo. Speaking in the post-race press conference, Lorenzo made it clear he felt the penalty was unfair, and that Rossi received favourable treatment from the...
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