Was Marc Marquez really in cahoots with Jorge Lorenzo, or is this all a figment of Valentino Rossi's imagination? Charles Bradley wonders if we were swindled – or not – in the dramatic MotoGP finale... At the time I didn’t see anything amiss with Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix. I saw Jorge Lorenzo ride a brilliantly-judged, error-free race that earned his third MotoGP title, with Marc Marquez hounding him – sometimes mere inches off his rear wheel. We knew the Hondas might struggle with front-tyre grip in the Spanish sun, and the fact that Dani Pedrosa couldn’t keep up with Marquez showed that he was either playing a waiting game, saving his front tyre, or just plain struggling....
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