Yamaha Motor Racing has explained why it decided to appeal the decision to hand Valentino Rossi three Penalty Points following his collision with Marc Marquez at Sepang. While Rossi's teammate Jorge Lorenzo stated that he believed the penalty should have been more severe, the team appears to be backing the Italian. Rossi will now start the season-finale at Valencia from the back of the grid as a result of having amassed four Penalty Points over the course of the year - a development that looks set to have a massive say in the title race. “Our job as a team is to protect the interests of our riders, so while we cannot deny that Valentino's move is not the sort of move that we want to see...
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