MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has always needed to have an enemy on track throughout his career, according to HRC vice-president Shuhei Nakamoto. Rossi found himself at the centre of controversy last season after his famous clash with Marc Marquez at Sepang, which resulted in the Italian being relegated to the back of the grid for the Valencia finale two weeks later. After losing the title to Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo, Rossi accused Marquez of riding to help his compatriot, but Nakamoto reckons this adversarial approach has always been part of the Italian’s mentality. “The fact is that Valentino has said certain things and that more than 50 percent of the fans have believed,”...
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