MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo, Honda: “my recovery is faster than expected”

Jorge Lorenzo followed the first tests of the MotoGP season at Sepang sitting on his sofa. And it gave him ants in… His wrist. The same one who has a scaphoid repaired after a training accident. Por Fuera also noted the massacre at Honda. Alberto puig was absent due to a broken arm and Marc Márquez rode at the end of his physical resistance with a shoulder still convalescing. An overall situation which apparently gave courage to the new HRC recruit.

We must also not forget Cal Crutchlow who finally ran the winged coat of arms shop despite a newly raised ankle... But on the airwaves of motogp.com, the five-time World Champion announces that he will be ready when the Losail deadline rings: “ four days ago I swam in the pool ". An event for the Repsol Honda rider who is preparing to return to Qatar perhaps during testing from February 23 to 25. And more likely for the first Grand Prix of the season from March 8 to 10.

« Every day I feel stronger and fitter even though this type of injury takes time to heal. For the tests at Losail I will not be 100%. In any case, my recovery is faster than expected and that's only good ». Lorenzo makes a more accurate prediction. “ I think in three races I can be physically competitive ».

With Márquez, the five-time champion will form the HRC dream team: “ the Honda is very different from the bike I have used so far. I really like it and I feel good with the team. It is smaller and has positives and negatives, but my adjustment is going well and I know it will never be complete until I am fully recovered. I want to be totally fit in Jerez ».

He finishes : " I know that in Qatar I will suffer, and even during the next two or three races, but our objective is to improve the bike and to be able to fight for the title. I'm not one of the favorites, like Marc, Dovizioso, Valentino and Viñales, but let's see the progress of the prototype. Nothing is impossible ».