The media love all the VR/MM feuding because of the ratings it brings in. Marc is playing Rossi like a fiddle. He knew VR wouldnt shake his hand before he extended it to him, going off his body language. I don think Marc cares at all about making peace either. To the media Marc plays up the 'young nice guy champion' trying to 'make peace' with his 'idol', when Rossi doesn't shake hands it hurts Rossi's public image and improves Marc's. Making Rossi appear bitter, ungracious and grudge holding.
Marc is a better rider than Rossi, he is also better at mind games too seizing yet another opportunity to lower Rossi's public image.
I have no doubt at all that MM knew that VR would not shake the hand .......... no chance whatsoever was it going to happen.
My questions/comments is more around why do we even care when on one hand we say 'prick' and on he other we say 'what ap rick', all because of our own personal view.
For mine, the bigger ........ in all this is the journalist who asked with the intent to inflame ......... VR and MM do not like one another, nothing new there as at the top level of most sports, the competitive nature makes friendship difficult.
My way, bah, who cares, get out there and race ................... but on that score, one is doing it far better of late whilst the second behaves like a poor tradie and blames the tools