The two days of testing Jerez have definitively completed the MotoGP season, appearance version with the official riders. The winter break has been declared and hostilities will only resume in Sepang, in February 2019. Added to the two previous days completed in Valencia, the protagonists have an idea of what awaits them next year. For some it was more important than for others. For example, Jorge Lorenzo expected a lot from this discovery with the Honda. And he was all the less disappointed as he even found certain things seen at Ducati. So, the saddle and the tank. Which did not escape Davide Tardozzi!
Between Honda and Ducati, it is a rivalry which has been exacerbated since the history of the wings and which has become even more accentuated with the poor form of Yamaha which has left the men of Borgo Panigale and those of Tokyo facing face.
The RC213V that Por Fuera drove at Jerez felt like déjà vu. An impression due to the shape of the tank and the saddle, offering particular ergonomics to the rider. The same one that the Majorcan had claimed on the Desmosedici. Davide Tardozzi did not remain indifferent to the approach: “ It’s obvious that at Honda we are very good at giving our riders what they need. They wanted to take from us what was already good for their new driver. I congratulate Honda for copying our solutions to satisfy Lorenzo ».
The mark of politeness made, he ends on GP One : " I am convinced that Jorge grew up at Ducati, as a rider but also as a person. I think he gained experience at Ducati that will be useful to him at Honda. I have no doubt about this, because our bike is closer to a Honda than to a Yamaha. The transition between Ducati and Honda will be easier for him than that between Yamaha and Ducati. I think Jorge opened our eyes to some things. And that we also opened his own ».
