Grand Prix motorcycling legend Phil Read has accused MotoGP organisers Dorna Sports of behaving like the "Spanish mafia" in their handling of the controversy between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez last year. Tensions between Rossi and Marquez famously came to a head at last year's Sepang race, where the duo made contact during their fight for position, sending Marquez tumbling. Race stewards deemed Rossi responsible for initiating the contact, and chose to award him three penalty points - effectively sentencing him to the back of the grid for the Valencia title decider, where the Italian went on to lose the championship to Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo. And double 500cc...
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