Once again leader of the championship since Le Mans, Jorge Lorenzo only owes Andrea Iannone the fact of being overtaken by Marc Marquez in Catalonia, even if he seemed to be in difficulty following a lack of confidence in his tire Before.
The Majorcan driver has already experienced difficult times on the Assen circuit, and we obviously remember his heroic race after an express return trip to Barcelona to have a broken collarbone consolidated during testing in 2013.
This year, even if the weather is still uncertain during this meeting, the #99 will have an M1 that is all the more competitive on this track as it will have a choice of two frames; enough to break a certain curse on this circuit where Jorge Lorenzo has not won since 2010, being taken out by other drivers in 2011 and 2012, finishing 5th despite the pain in 2013, dropping to 13th in 2014 after his change of bike , and finishing 3rd last year after having his worst qualification of the year; 8th.
Jorge Lorenzo, 2nd, 115 points: “It was a real shame for Barcelona. I knew it was going to be a tough race, especially after feeling the tires going bad after 5 or 6 laps and then there was the crash that ruined everything.
We must now forget the incident and try to fight again in Assen. Running in Holland is always kind of a feeling bittersweet. It's a track that I love, but on the other hand, I've had both good and bad results there. The track is still good for our YZR-M1s so we are ready to try again to get a good result again. I can't wait to race there! »
