#GermanGP MotoGP J.3 Jorge Lorenzo “We have understood several things which will be useful on the next circuits”

Lorenzo's German Grand Prix weekend had its ups and downs, and everything looked positive at the start of the event when he was in third position. But things subsequently became complicated with a gradual decrease in the grip of the rear tire which forced him to finish in eleventh position.

It became quite quickly obvious that the Ducatis were not going to have a very good weekend when Jorge placed the best Desmosedici in seventh position in the cumulative free practice sessions, 0.6 behind Marc Marquez. Qualifying was a little better with sixth place, between Jonas Folger and Pol Espargaro.

Lorenzo's start was excellent and put him in third position at the end of the first lap, behind the two Hondas of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Then Jonas Folger overtook him on the third pass, imitated shortly after by Danilo Petrucci. It was then Valentino Rossi who overtook his former teammate, followed by Andrea Dovizioso and Aleix Espargaro. Jorge lost two more places when he had to give way to Maverick Vinales and Cal Crutchlow.

He then found himself eleventh at halfway, before Johann Zarco overtook him in turn. Iannone's fall allowed him to gain a position, and this is how he finally crossed the finish line in eleventh place, more than 25 seconds behind winner Marc Marquez, and 5 behind his teammate Andrea Dovizioso in eighth. In nine Grands Prix, Lorenzo will have finished among the top ten five times, including once on the podium at Jerez.

For Jorge Lorenzo, “ I can't be satisfied with today's result, neither with the final position nor with the gap to the winner, but after the warm up, which was really bad, I was very concerned about the race.

“Despite this, I managed to do four or five laps at a good pace in the first few laps and ran at a decent pace until the performance dropped off on the left side of the rear tire.

“In the last laps I had to reduce my pace because the bike was slipping when accelerating and I could no longer fight for ninth place. In Assen and here in Germany there were two or three corners where I lost too much time compared to the drivers in the leading group and I hope we won't have the same problems on the next tracks.

“We knew that these two races were going to be quite complicated for us, but at least here at the Sachsenring we understood several things that will be useful on the next circuits, which will be better for me. »

German Grand Prix results:

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 40m 59.525s
2. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 41m 2.835s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 41m 11.071s
4. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 41m 13.778s
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 41m 14.505s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 41m 16.059s
7. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 41m 19.261s
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 19.713s
9. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 41m 20.663s
10. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 41m 23.735s
11. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 25.184s
12. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 31.065s
13. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 31.704s
14. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 35.978s
15. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 41m 37.296s
16. Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 37.377s
17. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 41m 38.848s
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 41m 40.715s
19. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 41m 59.375s
20. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 42m 1.189s
21. Alex Rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 42m 1.220s