Excellent start allowing him to make the holeshot; in these conditions, we generally don't see Jorge Lorenzo again before the top step of the podium...
But during this Catalan Grand Prix, and even before Andrea Iannone hit him while braking for turn #10 with 9 laps to go, that was not the case.
Pale, without real consistency, the Majorcan rider had to let Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Maverick Vinales pass, so much so that we wondered if the Yamaha rider was suffering from a problem and Andrea Iannone even had the presumption of asking him if his engine was broken…
No problem, no problem apart from a front tire which was starting to have graining, a phenomenon with which Jorge Lorenzo no longer has confidence on his M1.
He therefore wanted to pay a nice tribute to his teammate who knew how to manage the phenomenon masterfully.
Jorge Lorenzo: “Au début, j’ai fait un bon départ et, avec les pneus neufs, j’étais plus ou moins au même niveau que les autres pilotes. Mais comme je le savais avant la course, si je commençais à avoir du graining sur le pneu avant, je peinerais. C’est ce qui s’est passé.
With the same bike, Rossi didn't have as much graining. It seems he drives differently than me and can save the front tire more normally. It is also very good in difficult conditions, when there is no grip.
Aujourd’hui, il a fait une course incroyable. Je ne pouvais pas piloter comme lui, ni changer mon style de pilotage pour éviter les problèmes avec le pneu avant durant tout le week-end. C’est la vérité.”
After the reconciliation between Marquez and Rossi, then the appeal of the latter's foot at a press conference, will we soon witness a Rossi-Lorenzo reconciliation?
