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'Rossi ruined his own championship' - Stoner

– Casey Stoner says Valentino Rossi only has himself to blame for missing out on a 10th world title last year, claiming that the Yamaha rider uncharacteristically "lost his cool".Rossi approached the final two rounds of 2015 ahead of team-mate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo, but tensions with Honda's Marc Márquez boiled over in the form of a clash in Malaysia.Following the incident, in which Márquez fell off his bike, the stewards inflicted a back-of-the-grid penalty on Rossi for the Valencia finale, with Lorenzo overturning the points deficit.Stoner, champion in 2007 and 2011, told MCN: "I understand why Valentino was frustrated at Sepang but he lost his cool. I...
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