Bagnaia criticizes MotoGP documentary about Marc Marquez and Rossi’s ‘Sepang clash’: ‘Some roles were distorted’

When looking back at the history of MotoGP, it’s impossible not to talk about the 2015 Malaysian GP. controversy that broke out between Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi in sepang It characterized the championship before and after, and is far more memorable than some titles. And it is the World Cup itself that gives a very high value to what happened.

Without saying more, Dorna released a 30-minute documentary last Thursday revealing new testimonies and new unseen images. The idea was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the crash between these two giants of the motorcycle world. However, this publication decision was also criticized. First up is Pecco Bagnaia.

“In many ways, pilots have sensitivities that the people making certain decisions don’t have. The idea of ​​making a documentary about the “Sepang Crash” was not a great one. Furthermore, I think Some of the characters are presented a little distorted. I don’t want to touch on this topic, but It was also a bit special to release it on the anniversary of Simoncelli’s death.r,” he said at the end of the Sepang race.

Bagnaia appears in the documentary. There are images of the reaction of Rossi and Marc’s team, with the Italian still in his teens in the ‘Il Dottore’ box. After Marquez crashed and made contact with Valentino, Dorna wanted Pecco to take part in the documentary in the current version of Ducati, but Pecco refused.

”They asked me at the beginning of this year and I answered that it’s not worth talking about.. They brought in Dovizioso, who said he didn’t remember anything, and they even brought in Sasaki, who couldn’t do anything, poor guy.”