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I think that Rossi now has a psychological advantage over Marquez. It is something that Valentino works hard at. He knows it can make all the difference. In sport it's known as the Manchester United effect. Once you are successful you just keep winning because your opponents stop believing that they can beat you. A few more wins in the next few races and Rossi will have the rest of grid back to believing that he is the unstoppable force that he was 10 years ago. At that point he becomes very hard to beat.
Marquez keeps saying in interviews that Rossi is his idol. That's probably not the right frame of mind to be in if you are trying to win. Who really wants to get the better of their idol?
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