They say time heals all wounds. Well, not if you are Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez. Their rivalry helped make the 2010s one of MotoGP’s golden eras, even if, ironically, the two never truly battled for a championship head-to-head.
You would think the pair – and their loyal supporters – would be willing to turn the page, considering how things have changed since they infamously came to blows at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2015. Rossi has long retired from MotoGP and forged a successful career in sportscar, winning multiple races at the GT3 level with BMW. Marquez, meanwhile, has finally come back from an injury that nearly forced an early retirement to win his seventh title in MotoGP. But their feud remains one of MotoGP’s most talked about storylines, still dividing fans years after the chequered flag fell.
