Grand Prix of the Czech Republic Brno MotoGP J.1: a cold shower for Jorge Lorenzo.

At the end of a first part of the season which allowed him to regain confidence and reputation, with two victories in a Ducati team which had already decided to drop him, Jorge Lorenzo arrived in Brno pumped up. Unfortunately for him, this hot Friday was a cold shower. Twelfth in the morning and fifteenth in the afternoon, Por Fuera is not on the pace unlike his teammate Dovizioso with whom relations are strained. The Majorcan is calling for a radical change on his GP18 tomorrow, Saturday…

We would soon make the winter shortcut of the good tests at Sepang and the turnaround experienced during the tests at Buriram. But let’s let the five-time winner explain: “ we went back to the settings from Mugello and Barcelona, ​​but it doesn't work here. At Assen and at the Sachsenring, we changed the weight distribution by loading the front and we realized that it was a mistake. I had a problem with rear tire wear. So we went back. But it does not work ».

It develops : " I found the track bumpy, I couldn't be efficient when braking or fast in the turns. The bike doesn't give me the right sensations. The Ducati is however fast here as we see with Dovizioso and Petrucci. I need to gain half a second ».

He finishes : " we have to make radical changes to the bike while not knowing if it will work. I will try the new fairing on Saturday. Because the slightest change will be good to take ».

Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno MotoGP J.1: Chronos

1	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	1'55.976
2	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	1'56.099	0.123	0.123
3	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	1'56.144	0.168	0.045
4	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	1'56.200	0.224	0.056
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'56.218	0.242	0.018
6	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	1'56.392	0.416	0.174
7	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	1'56.480	0.504	0.088
8	53	Tito RABAT	Ducati	1'56.521	0.545	0.041
9	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	1'56.535	0.559	0.014
10	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'56.635	0.659	0.100
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'56.644	0.668	0.009
12	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'56.661	0.685	0.017
13	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'56.915	0.939	0.254
14	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'57.014	1.038	0.099
15	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'57.205	1.229	0.191
16	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'57.417	1.441	0.212
17	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'57.473	1.497	0.056
18	6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	1'57.479	1.503	0.006
19	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	1'57.498	1.522	0.019
20	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	1'57.506	1.530	0.008
21	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	1'57.647	1.671	0.141
22	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	1'57.729	1.753	0.082
23	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	1'57.941	1.965	0.212
24	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	1'58.127	2.151	0.186
25	10	Xavier SIMEON	Ducati	1'58.453	2.477	0.326
26	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	Suzuki	1'58.617	2.641	0.164