Who is the most controversial rider in MotoGP history?

Penalty points, stewards' rooms and press conferences that got out of hand. Being right and being popular were rarely the same thing here.

1. 1
   Valentino Rossi

   Took three penalty points and a back-of-the-grid start at the 2015 finale after the contact with Marquez at Sepang.
2. 2
   Marc Marquez

   Accused by rivals of riding too close for years, and at the centre of the 2015 title row.
3. 3
   Max Biaggi

   Traded punches with Rossi at Catalunya in 2001 and spent a decade feuding with half the paddock.
4. 4
   Jorge Lorenzo

   Blunt in press conferences and the loudest critic of rivals' riding standards.
5. 5
   Andrea Iannone

   Served a four-year ban after a 2019 doping test that he blamed on contaminated meat.
6. 6
   Romano Fenati

   Reached across and grabbed a rival's front brake lever at Misano in 2018 and lost his ride.
7. 7
   Anthony West

   Banned twice for doping violations during a long grand prix and superbike career.
8. 8
   Sete Gibernau

   Told by Rossi at Jerez in 2005 that he would never win again, and did not.
9. 9
   Johann Zarco

   Handed penalties for a 2020 Austrian Grand Prix crash that sent a bike over two riders' heads.
10. 10
    Casey Stoner

    Retired at 27 while criticising the direction of the championship in public.
11. 11
    Kevin Schwantz

    Ended up in a long legal fight with the promoter of the Circuit of the Americas over the US round.
12. 12
    Barry Sheene

    Led rider protests over circuit safety and said so in public while he was still winning.
13. 13
    Kenny Roberts

    Tried to break away from the world championship in 1979 and set up a rival series.