Jorge Lorenzo is definitely a subject that fuels the rumor. On the eve of the Austrian Grand Prix, a rumor spread like wildfire that the convalescent from two spinal fractures would ultimately not return as planned at Silverstone on August 23, but rather at Misano in mid-September... Explanation.
The Repsol – Honda team officially confirmed on Sunday after the Brno meeting that Stefan bradl would also replace the Spanish Jorge Lorenzo injured at the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend. As during the tests at Sepang in February, the German Grand Prix (10th place) and the Czech Republic Grand Prix (15th).
The return of the Mallorcan was announced for Silverstone, for a British Grand Prix which will take place from August 23 to 25. Only now, the rumor now speaks of the meeting of Misano from September 13 to 15. The Honda official would gain three more weeks for his recovery and therapy.
Lorenzo won three MotoGP world championship titles (2010, 2012 and 2015) on the Yamaha M1. Since then, he has become a good friend of Wayne Rainey, who won the 500 class with Yamaha in 1990. 1991 and 1992. In 1993, the Californian crashed at Donington, then he resumed at Brno and Misano despite a crack in a vertebra. Since the Misano accident in 1993, rainy is in a wheelchair.
Jorge Lorenzo also knows that Hiroshi Aoyama, 250cc world champion in 2009, had to rest for around three and a half months after his chest fracture suffered at Silverstone in 2010 with Interwetten MotoGP Honda, before doctors gave him the all-clear. If Lorenzo only returned to Misano on September 13, two and a half months had passed since the Assen crash.
According to Speedweek, Por Fuera's doubt lies in the fact that, perhaps, his thoracic vertebra had already cracked after the heavy fall that occurred during Monday's test in Barcelona. He complained of intense pain there. Therefore, he would be inclined not to rush a return in a 2019 season without challenges for him…
