Sete Gibernau says the clash with Valentino Rossi at the 2005 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix and a lack of penalty was \u201cwhen I started to lose my faith in the sport\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sete Gibernau versus Valentino Rossi<\/a> remains one of MotoGP<\/a>\u2019s most iconic rivalries, with the pair engaging in numerous fierce battles during the early to mid-2000s.<\/p>\n One battle in particular, during the 2005 Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, stands as their most notable skirmish.<\/p>\n In a thrilling duel, the fight for victory came down to the final corner, with Rossi making contact with Gibernau and forcing him off the circuit.<\/p>\n Gibernau was furious at the time, while Rossi escaped without any sanction.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n In an interview with Moto.it, Gibernau opens up on his emotions about that incident now and how he viewed it at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, he hit me on the last corner,\u201d he said when asked about Jerez 2005.<\/p>\n \u201cI ended up off the track. Yes [I finished second], but he didn\u2019t receive any punishment. That\u2019s when I started to lose my faith in the sport.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was always like this, you know. In 2003, Vale and I, in 2004 Vale and I, and in 2005 again. And I couldn\u2019t understand how; this wasn\u2019t a contact sport.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t understand how. Things happened in the championship, things that happened internally and everything, and I just lost it.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cI started to lose my illusion of racing.\u201d<\/p>\n Gibernau critical of the legacy Rossi\u2019s aggression has left<\/p>\n Gibernau remains critical of what he believes is the legacy Rossi\u2019s aggressive battles – particularly Jerez 2005 – left for the younger generation of rider.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is brave on a MotoGP bike.<\/p>\n \u201cMoto3, Moto2, MotoGP, from the first to the last guy. You can’t point to TV and say how brave this guy was by hitting another guy.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause if I’m a father watching, I wouldn’t want my son to be in a championship like that.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cBecause bravery isn’t about hitting another guy. If you want to do that, go box.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom a guy like Valentino, who’s a superstar, why accept this? I think it was wrong, in my opinion.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn’t need to do it. A lot has happened since then because of that move [at Jerez in 2005]. Because the guys saw it and said, \u2018This is the way to do it\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then Marc [Marquez] does it to this guy, and the other guy does it to the other guy, and you get killed in racing.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s already dangerous. We should stay away from this. And that’s why I never understood, and I got to a point where I said, \u2018Wow, man, this has nothing to do with me anymore\u2019. And I left racing and retired with another year on my contract with Ducati.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sete Gibernau says the clash with Valentino Rossi at the 2005 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix and a lack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85,20420],"class_list":{"0":"post-405895","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-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-valentino-rossi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405895","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=405895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}