Because he is racing at the highest level and is on a different team. I watched the race a second time and when Pedrosa makes his move, MM fights him for position and runs him to the outside. This is his teammate. If MM had just passed Lorenzo and ran away with it, I think most people would have moved on, as BOTH MM…

He doesn’t have a trophy. He has nine.

Honestly, I’ll always asterisk this incredible season— with what Rossi accomplished this season, he won the championship only to have the refs throw it at the last second. Today was like watching the final O/T play of the Superbowl end on a 10-second runoff. BOOOOOOOOO.

Those tools don’t care about their Japanese employers, that was Spanish National MotoGP Team racing.

Exactly. Marquez never ignores a passing opportunity for the past 3yrs, and somehow is unable to find a gap to try on Jorge foray entire race? I’m obviously a tad salty because I’m a Rossi fan, but he clearly was correct weeks ago when calling out Marc for sandbagging.

I tried to stay out of that up top, but my inner tin-foil-hat would be curious to see all of Márquez’s laps to see if there was a really, really obvious chance to get by that went untaken. Dude was right up Lorenzo’s tailpipe. I do think Márquez was riding unusually conservatively, at the very least. Honda was saying…

it was his Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi with an utterly jaw-dropping ride from the back of the grid up to 4th place.

Pretty much what I expected. Dani makes a charge for the race win and Marc just hangs out on Jorge’s back wheel.

That was the most scripted result I’ve seen in a long time.

How many laps did Marquez sit on Lorenzo’s back tire and he never went for a pass? With nothing to lose and a race win in sight? Yeah right. Because THAT’S the guy we’ve been watching the past few years. And he suddenly got feisty when Pedrosa came by. I was skeptical of Rossi’s claims, but after all that’s gone down…

This.... Marquez was like a damn police escort for that guy

Basically shows Rossi was right, the Honda riders were helping Lorenzo when they knew they were out of a points race. They had 8 laps and only “attacked” each other on the 2nd to last, giving Lorenzo a better lead. Marq is the ricky bobby of motogp, either winning races or crashing out and causing crap to other…

Rossi is the true champion.

Gahhhhhhhhh. Great job to Marquez for not trying to make a pass on Lorenzo, and letting Pedrosa through. I hate everyone. Except Rossi.

Absolutely. This is an interesting moment in MotoGP history. Marquez and Lorenzo are riders that will do anything to win including betraying their own teams as you see with Lorenzo. There’s an unwritten code of honor among people who race. Marquez and Lorenzo know all about it but choose to ignore it. If Lorenzo win’s…

Pretty sure this is just a P.R. move after all the backlash he’s received after his comments saying Rossi should be more severely punished.

At least they’re keeping him out of Rossi’s appeal.

I got a rude finger from a guy on a Harley yesterday after waving from atop my Zero. I really hate that. We have more in common than not just by the fact that we’re both on two wheels. Might he have returned my wave if I were riding my (dearly departed) Magna cruiser? Maybe, or maybe the finger would have been…

How utterly ironic that this comes from the guy fanning the flames of Sepang-gate as fast as he can.

I lost all, i mean, all, respect for marquez. He is a sensational rider, but that shit he pulled, fucking with Rossi is in ALL respects wrong and dangerous. Why would the governing body allow this serious fucking with the running order, as well as the danger involved.