This Friday was not the most favorable for Lorenzo, with only tenth place in the general classification, and fifth position in the symbolic Ducati classification. However, he came to Mugello for a day of testing last week, and on the other hand he has already been victorious five times in the Italian Grand Prix. A clear improvement is therefore expected this Saturday.
During the first free practice session, Jorge finished in sixth position with a time of 1'47.747, 0.353 behind the leader, his teammate Andrea Dovizioso. It was completely honest, but the afternoon was less pleasant.
In FP2, not only did Lorenzo not improve, but he even regressed slightly to eleventh position in 1'47.954, 0.589 behind Cal Crutchlow. In the general classification combined for the two free sessions, this placed him in tenth position, that is to say in a more than perilous situation to rank in the top 10 which will go directly to Q2. The Spaniard will have to seriously react and progress.
At the Italian Grand Prix, Lorenzo has won five times and has never finished higher than second place since 2009 (inclusive). So with a rider who has always been on one of the two highest steps for the previous eight years, the pressure is more on Ducati because we know that the rider is performing well. Italian motorcycling has been in the past, notably with the magnificent victory obtained by Casey Stoner in 2009, one second ahead of Lorenzo and two ahead of Rossi. But Lorenzo will have to prove himself this Saturday, his teammates Andrea Dovizioso and Michele Pirro having placed second and fourth this Friday.
For Jorge Lorenzo, “This morning, even though I wasn't completely comfortable on the bike, I managed to set good times. Unfortunately, on the last lap, when I had a new tire fitted, I found some traffic in the last corner and I was unable to improve my lap time.
“In the afternoon we focused on running on worn tires in preparation for the race, but we didn't manage to be very fast. In general, I can't be too satisfied because I still lack something in the settings to be able to ride with more confidence and achieve faster times. »
Results of the two free sessions combined:
1 C.CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda HONDA 1'47.365
2 A.DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'47.394 to 0.029
3 J.FOLGER GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'47.543 at 0.178
4 M.PIRRO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'47.595 at 0.230
5 M.VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'47.669 to 0.304
6 ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'47.674 to 0.309
7 D.PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'47.699 to 0.334
8 H.BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing DUCATI 1'47.708 to 0.343
9 A.BAUTISTA SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team DUCATI 1'47.728 at 0.363
10 J.LORENZO SPA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'47.747 at 0.382
11 A.IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'47.807 to 0.442
12 D.PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'47.950 at 0.585
13 M.MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'47.980 to 0.615
14 V.ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'48.000 to 0.635
15 S.REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'48.111 at 0.746
16 A.ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA 1'48.129 at 0.764
17 J.MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA 1'48.664 to 1.195
18 T.RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA 1 to 48.664
19 L.BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing DUCATI 1'48.751 to 1.386
20 S.LOWES GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA 1'48.842 to 1.477
21 K.ABRAHAM CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team DUCATI 6 1'48.925 to 1.560
22 P.ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'49.524 at 2.159
23 B.SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'49.640 to 2.275
24 S.GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'50.054 to 2.689
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 Maverick VIÑALES-Yamaha 85 points
2 Dani PEDROSA-Honda 68
3 Valentino ROSSI-Yamaha 62
4 Marc MARQUEZ-Honda 58
5 Johann ZARCO-Yamaha 55
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Ducati 54
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW-Honda 40
8 Jorge LORENZO-Ducati 38
9 Jonas FOLGER-Yamaha 38
10 Jack MILLER-Honda 29
11 Danilo PETRUCCI-Ducati 26
12 Scott REDDING-Ducati 26
13 Loris BAZ-Ducati 19
14 Aleix ESPARGARO-Aprilia 17
15 Andrea IANNONE-Suzuki 15
16 Alvaro BAUTISTA-Ducati 14
17 Tito RABAT-Honda 13
18 Hector BARBERA-Ducati 12
19 Karel ABRAHAM-Ducati 9
20 Alex RINS-Suzuki 7
21 Pol ESPARGARO-KTM 6
22 Bradley SMITH-KTM 6
23 Sam LOWES-Aprilia 2
24 Sylvain GUINTOLI-Suzuki 1
