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Race Director's explanation on Rossi

MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb clarified the decision to penalise Valentino Rossi after Sunday's crash with Marc Marquez at the Malaysian Grand Prix. This is what Webb told Crash.net as to how they came to the decision to penalise the Italian by making him start at the back of the grid in the last race of the season in Valencia, basically ruling out his chances of winning the MotoGP championship. In the MotoGP standings, Rossi is on top, seven points ahead of second-placed Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. "So from what we saw it would appear to be a deliberate move on Rossi's part to push Marquez off the track, or push him wide. "We heard from both riders. Marquez told us that he...
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