I am an unabashed fan these days, and he is the major reason I watch.
I can really only think of the Jerez 2013 pass, where Dorna were perhaps bound by their own precedent, which was germane to a title win, but they still black flagged him for something that was a result of their own ridiculous SNAFU at PI 2013 which had the advantage of keeping the title race open for the last round.
Iirc he took Pedrosa out in a race riding too closely behind him when he cut a wire or something, but not deliberately for advantage, and he did take Rossi out once when he had caught up 4 seconds on him and was careless, for which he apologised.
I can’t really defend some of his first lap incidents in the dog years at Honda though, sure he wasn’t being malevolent and it was the only way he could be vaguely competitive, but still tough on some other riders, and the ultimate racer defence was commonly the one used by Rossi partisans for LS 08 etc.
Whatever MM is I don’t think he is petty though, which Valentino seems intent on continuing to prove he is.
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