Valentino Rossi would have been imm

Valentino Rossi would have been immediately black-flagged if his Sepang MotoGP clash with Marc Marquez had happened in Formula 1, reckons Bernie Ecclestone.

Rossi was given three penalty points on his licence for taking Marquez out of the Malaysian Grand Prix amid a bitter feud between the two.

Added to a previous penalty point for blocking in San Marino GP qualifying, that triggered a back of the grid start for Rossi in the title-deciding Valencia race, where he lost the championship to Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.

The latter was among those arguing Rossi's penalty was insufficient, and Ecclestone believes F1 would have acted more assertively in such a situation.

"Rossi would have been disqualified for sure," Ecclestone told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"Or he would have been shown the black flag."

How Rossi's mind games backfired

Other F1 figures were split on Rossi's actions following the Sepang incident.

While Sebastian Vettel was adamant that "Valentino did absolutely the right thing", Felipe Massa said "I am a big fan of Valentino but he made a mistake".

Ecclestone described MotoGP's late-season controversies - which extended beyond the Sepang collision to a row over whether Marquez was helping countryman Lorenzo's title bid despite them being in different teams - as "a warning for F1".

He added: "I'll give you an example: let's suppose Ferrari is en route for the title and Mercedes block them with one of their customer teams, what would happen then?"

Rossi seriously considered an F1 move in the mid-2000s, completing several tests with Ferrari in 2006 before committing his future to motorcycles.

He has also dabbled in sportscars and rallying, and will take on factory Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Thierry Neuville in this weekend's Monza Rally.

Ecclestone believes Rossi was wise not to pursue a mid-career change of discipline and to stay focused on MotoGP.

"In bikes he was at the top as far as importance and earnings are concerned, while in F1 he would have had to start from scratch," he said.

"He did the right thing in not switching.

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Valentino Rossi akan segera hitam berbendera jika nya bentrokan Sepang MotoGP dengan Marc Marquez yang terjadi di Formula 1, menganggap Bernie Ecclestone. Rossi diberi tiga poin hukuman pada lisensi nya untuk mengambil Marquez keluar dari Grand Prix Malaysia di tengah perseteruan sengit antara dua. Ditambahkan ke titik penalti sebelumnya untuk memblokir di kualifikasi San Marino GP, yang memicu kembali dari awal grid untuk Rossi di Valencia perburuan gelar-memutuskan, di mana ia kehilangan kejuaraan untuk Yamaha tim-mate Jorge Lorenzo. Yang terakhir di antara mereka berdebat penalti Rossi tidak cukup, dan Ecclestone meyakini F1 akan bertindak lebih tegas dalam situasi seperti ini. "Rossi akan telah didiskualifikasi pasti," kata Ecclestone Gazzetta dello Sport. "Atau ia akan telah ditunjukkan bendera hitam. "Bagaimana pikiran permainan Rossi menjadi bumerang angka F1 lainnya dibagi atas tindakan Rossi menyusul insiden Sepang. Sementara Sebastian Vettel bersikeras bahwa" Valentino tidak apa-hal yang benar ", Felipe Massa mengatakan" Saya seorang penggemar besar dari Valentino tapi dia melakukan kesalahan ". Ecclestone dijelaskan akhir musim kontroversi MotoGP - yang melampaui tabrakan Sepang untuk berturut-turut atas apakah Marquez sedang membantu senegaranya judul tawaran Lorenzo meskipun mereka berada di tim yang berbeda - sebagai" peringatan bagi F1 ". Dia menambahkan:" Aku akan memberikan contoh: mari kita misalkan Ferrari adalah perjalanan untuk judul dan Mercedes memblokir mereka dengan salah satu tim pelanggan mereka, apa yang akan terjadi kemudian? "Rossi serius dianggap sebagai langkah F1 di pertengahan 2000-an, menyelesaikan beberapa tes dengan Ferrari pada 2006 sebelum melakukan masa depannya ke sepeda motor. Ia juga telah mencoba-coba sportscars dan reli, dan akan mengambil pabrik Hyundai World Rally Championship pembalap Thierry Neuville di akhir pekan ini Monza Rally. Ecclestone meyakini Rossi bijaksana untuk tidak mengejar perubahan pertengahan karir disiplin dan untuk tetap fokus pada MotoGP. "Dalam sepeda dia berada di atas sejauh pentingnya dan pendapatan yang bersangkutan, sedangkan di F1 ia akan harus mulai dari awal," katanya. "Dia melakukan hal yang benar dengan tidak beralih.