All the focus however will be on Rossi's tangle with outgoing champion Marquez on lap seven, undefinedwhen the 36-year-old ran the Honda rider wide before contact was made between the pair, undefinedwith Rossi's knee seemingly catching the front brake lever of Marquez's RCV, causing the two-time MotoGP champion to crash out of the race.
"Unfortunately I lose a lot of time with Marc and at Turn 14 I try to go a bit wide to take a better line and make him slow, because he just ride to cause me problem,"