
Telemetry confirms Rossi's kick
Honda claims to have telemetry data that confirms Marc Marquez's allegations that Valentino Rossi kicked the front brake lever on his engine during a fight in Sepang, causing it to fall. “Clearly, Valentino Marca was deliberately pushing towards the outer edge of the track, which is against the rules,” said HRC Vice President Shuhei Nakamoto. Marc had no choice but to drive on, and data from his engine shows that although he "picked up" the engine in an attempt to prevent contact with Valentin, he suddenly suffered a blow to the handle of his front brake, which caused a brake. We believe that the pressure on the brake is due to Rossi's kick, and the data collected from Marco's engine is on