MotoGP: as the WSBK launches its season, Jorge Lorenzo says what he thinks

The WSBK championship will launch its season in Aragon this weekend and Jorge Lorenzo has decided to invite himself there by creating a bit of atmosphere from a distance. The five-time Grand Prix World Champion and three-time MotoGP winner says what he thinks of this category, explaining, above all, why she has never tried it. His approach has a certain logic but nothing is less certain that it pleases everyone...

Motorcycling is fortunate to have two major international track championships. It's about MotoGP and WSBK. In the past, he looked like a dog in order to have supremacy. Today, they have the same promoter: Dorna. As a result, everyone plays in their own backyard for a common work. However, the paddock is different, like the technical regulations. In short, MotoGP is the world of prototypes while WSBK is the playground of models from the series.

From there, it happens during tests that WSBK make fun of people MotoGP while WSBK riders have enjoyed honorable Grand Prix careers. Few have gone the other way, but the latest examples of Baptist and Redding show that it is not so easy, while waiting for the 2021 results of Tito Rabat...

Was it Jorge Lorenzo had mingled with the Superbike plebs? Well, we will never know and even during his activity, we would never have known. Because Por Fuera has a strong opinion on the subject. He says thus about Moto.it : " I'll give you a parallel: when you've driven a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, it's difficult to go downmarket. When you've driven what's best, Formula 1 motorcycles, the Superbike inevitably seems a little small, at all levels. ».

Lorenzo sur le WSBK : “il y a les pilotes qui aiment rouler et d’autres qui aiment gagner”

After this direct approach, he wants to be more nuanced in his evaluation of the WSBK : " it's a different championship, it has its strengths and its interests, like the races with road bikes, or the fact that the paddock is more familiar. But MotoGP is the best. When you have become three times world champion there, you have had an eighteen-year career there, you will not take the risk of breaking your spine by going to Superbike… ».

He finishes : " ultimately, there are riders who like to ride a motorcycle, for the pleasure of riding, and others who do it for the pleasure of winning. I fall into this second category, and I do it for the best thing I've found to do in life, which is to ride a motorcycle! ". THE " small » WorldSBK championship will still start its season this weekend…