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"Honda did not treat me like I deserved," he said. "It's possible they would have won without me, but the RCV was made by me. OK, it may sound arrogant, but I lapped Suzuka faster than anyone in the early development. (http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/rossi-accuses-honda-of-belittling-his-feats-67764.html)
Rossi's departure from honda was for the same exact reason he went to ducati and that is because he lost the exclusivity of having all the goodies to himself. Rossi knew he was gonna have a very hard time if honda gave everyone of the riders updates at the same time as him. The mistake honda made was to think they knew their bike, that they knew what they were doing and that the bike was just a winner regardless of rider or "crew" work.
HRC said he's not the clear No.1 rider over there as his team mate is getting equal everything and he doesn't like it. This is the main reason why he left Honda because after he'd won 3 championships in a row for them they told him that there wouldn't be a No.1 rider for 2004, whomever won would get parts first. He got pissed off and left.
Ako je Rosi imao tolika muda zašto nije prešao recimo na Kawasaki ili na Apriliju, Suzuki, Ducati? Ta Yamaha i nije bila toliko loša, možda i jeste ali je Maks pravio razliku (u odnosu na ostale) i uzeo bi sigurno dve titule da nije bilo Rosija na Hondi.
The problem Max faced with the Yamaha is that it was grossly under powered compared to the RC211V.
Yamaha fired Biaggi for saying their chassis was flawed and they said it wasn't and than turn around a year later (2003) than Yamaha says "yeah, he was right".
When Rossi moved from Honda to Yamaha, Rossi and JB got all the credit for winning.
But,... That was a completely different Yamaha to the year before,..
YAMAHA changed the firing order of the 'inline 4', to make it virtual 'V 4', Rossi then had a Yamaha with a smoother power delivery,... like the Honda V5. Yes, Rossi rode the Yamaha brilliantly,...
But,.. Yamaha need to be congratulated for completely changing the ridabillity of the bike, so Rossi could ride it the same as the Honda.