Really? Andrea agreed with VR and said he 'was playing with us'. So there may be some merit.
You know, it's funny. Everyone is so fixated on these 'comments' Rossi made. I watched the press conference. They were all asked about the race and if they watched it. VR credited MM for creating the situation. VR's words were not malicious and he was not portraying that in his body language or voice tone. From my observation, he seemed to be saying 'buddy, I know what you were trying to do, and I'm on it'. Maybe English not being his first language factored into how he may have come across. MM and JL were actually smiling and laughing mischievously. MM was actually trying to contain his laughter, and broke into laughter actually. So did the media, several time. The 4 of them did not look upset and neither did VR as he was speaking, he seemed like he was trying to make a joke of it but at the same time get his message across. He did not say it behind his back, where MM picked up a newspaper and had to read it, it was said with MM present. Maybe I'm terrible and reading people but I was surprised MM would supposedly be so angry when the 4 of them showed no signs of animosity at the press conference.