{"id":281625,"date":"2025-11-13T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/281625\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:22:07","slug":"marc-marquez-on-valentino-rossi-motogp-feud-i-focus-on-who-brings-me-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/281625\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez on Valentino Rossi MotoGP feud: \u2018I focus on who brings me value\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says Valentino Rossi won\u2019t be bothered if the Spaniard wins a 10th world title, but is \u201cfocusing on those who bring me value\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old won his seventh MotoGP title and ninth overall in grand prix racing earlier this year with Ducati, bringing him level with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1999\/valentino-rossi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valentino Rossi.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a feat that ironically comes 10 years on from the pair\u2019s bitter fallout over the conclusion of the 2015 season, with their relationship remaining fractured to this day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> is now within one of winning a 10th grand prix world title, which Rossi was unable to do following his ninth and final crown in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Their relationship has been in the spotlight all season, with a notable incident at the Catalan Grand Prix sparking a social media storm when the pair walked past each other in pitlane and didn\u2019t exchange a look.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Marquez said at the time that he was so focused on the race ahead that he simply didn\u2019t see Rossi.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with El Larguero, Marquez was asked about Rossi and about the prospect of beating his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRossi obsessed? Everyone sees things differently,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not there looking back. If I win my 10th world championship, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll worry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, honestly, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m focusing on those who bring me value.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if we met? No, we wouldn\u2019t say hello. He doesn\u2019t need me, and I don\u2019t need him. But motorcycling, yes, needs both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquez has been sidelined with a shoulder injury since the Indonesian Grand Prix, when he was taken out of the race by Aprilia\u2019s Marco Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducati rider required surgery on the injury, which has ruled him out of the rest of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>However, his recovery has been going well, with Marquez appearing in front of the media in Spain earlier this week without a sling on his arm for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>His manager also recently said that he believed Marquez would be able to get back onto a motorbike to begin training again soon.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Marquez is expected to be fit enough to take part in pre-season testing in Malaysia at the beginning of February next year.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says Valentino Rossi won\u2019t be bothered if the Spaniard wins a 10th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,4280,806,805,803,804,85,20420],"class_list":{"0":"post-281625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-marc-marquez","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-valentino-rossi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}