Jorge Lorenzo was at the Spanish Grand Prix as a TV commentator and from his post in Jerez, he found Valentino Rossi boss of the VR46 team behind the scenes to better remember the good times, and the two were able to admire their former rival Dani Pedrosa, always green on the track with the orange KTM. The “Titanium” is a year older than Por Fuera, and his performance and his intact popularity revealed by the public perhaps gave the five-time world champion chills, awakening in him what he was before. A feeling that we detect when he talks about the current situation of Yamaha, which has never delivered a worse performance in its history on a track in Jerez which was previously its garden. A decline that he explains in particular by his departure from the brand…
Jorge Lorenzo offered himself a little outing on the evolution of Yamaha in recent years which should raise the hackles of fabio quartararo and deeply sadden one Cal Crutchlow who succeeded him as test pilot. The Majorcan saw the behavior of the two M1s at Jerez, a route considered to be a justice of the peace, a site revealing the true potential of a motorcycle, and on which the M1 has always shown great qualities. But this season, in this capacity, they were unrecognizable.
Why ? Jorge Lorenzo gives his answer, starting by not validating the power search option requested by fabio quartararo : “ Yamaha never had the best engine or the most powerful engine », we read about him on crash.net. " Never in history » even insists the Majorcan. “ It's not the best idea to have maximum power. Having less also gives a motorcycle with good characteristics, such as stability in corners. Moving the bike more agile through corners is easier, more rider friendly ».
Jorge Lorenzo: “ I could have helped them find a path for the evolution of the motorcycle »
« It seems that over the past two years, they've lost the highlights but still don't have exactly what they need from an engine perspective, with power or acceleration. Now it's a bike that no longer has a strong point, like before » he regrets while specifying: “ I'm not saying it's a terrible bike because I'm sure it's competitive but not competitive enough to fight for the title. Especially when you have Pecco Bagnaia, who is very mature, and seven other Ducati riders. Then other brands, like KTM ».
After this observation, he comes to his summary: “ it looks like they got lost ". And that’s where he gets back into the game: “ It's a shame because I was riding for them as a test rider. With me, we don't know what would have happened, but I knew the bike and I could have helped them find a path for the evolution of the motorcycle. But now they have a different test pilot ". After fabio quartararo here is the turn of Cal Crutchlow...
Un Cal Crutchlow which we must remember the greeting from the five-time world champion when it became official that he would replace him: “ they exchange gold for bronze. Saying I'm not a good tester is like saying the Earth is square. The engineers and riders who shared the box with me at Yamaha and Ducati know how good I am at developing the bike and helping them make it faster ».
« If we only talk about numbers, it is a fact that after leaving both teams their number of wins per season decreased. As for Cal, he has been one of the riders with the fewest wins and most crashes in the last 10 years. I think it will be a good tester… to test the hardness of the bike » he concluded at the time… He ends his present demonstration thus: “ from the outside, it looks like they've lost their way. I hope they find their way back, like Honda, in the future ».
