Marc Marquez has responded to Valentino Rossi's accusations that he wants Jorge Lorenzo to win the MotoGP title, the reigning champion saying Rossi should focus purely on beating his Yamaha teammate. Rossi stunned the MotoGP paddock when he suggested during Thursday's press conference that Marquez deliberately tried to help Lorenzo beat Rossi last weekend at Phillip Island - a charge vehemently denied by the Repsol Honda rider, who passed Lorenzo for the win on the last lap. Speaking to the Italian media afterwards, Rossi reiterated his claims, and went a stage further by accusing Marquez of trying to scupper his bid for an eighth premier class crown. “Yesterday, I think he surprised us...
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