The French Grand Prix is fast approaching and Jorge Lorenzo, after summarizing the last Spanish Grand Prix, came to a conclusion with serious consequences for Ducati's opponents: the GP21 is ready to win a world title . Bagnaia can be the hero. On the other hand, he is quite worried about Valentino Rossi…
Jorge Lorenzo has experience with Yamaha, Ducati, and Honda. For the Italian brand, he looked at its latest opus, the GP21, to draw the following conclusions, based on a Spanish Grand Prix where she created a surprise on a route of Jerez generally unfriendly to the men of Borgo Panigale: “ we can say that the Desmosedici can win on any track. It's a complete motorcycle. She doesn't have the best pace in the corners, not yet, but she doesn't lose too much either. She's ready for the title ».
And especially since Pecco Bagnaia, precisely the leader of the championship, seems to agree with: “ he placed himself among the protagonists. He is the leader at Ducati and in the championship. He has a great opportunity ahead of him because maybe he's riding the best Ducati of all time. ».
The Majorcan also looked at the rest of the field and gave a special mention to Franco Morbidelli : “ he showed very significant mental strength. It is always difficult to get off to a bad start at a world championship and to find motivation again. And he did it, knowing that he has a lower level motorcycle. He is clearly faster than Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi ».
Jorge Lorenzo: “not only is Rossi slow in his movements, but he is also imprecise in his trajectories”
Precisely, about the Doctor, his evaluation in his show 99 seconds is without appeal: “ I expected a lot more from him in Jerez, or at least an improvement in his results. The few times he was seen was when he went off track and was inaccurate. This is usually one of the most accurate. Not only is it slow in its movements, but it is also imprecise in its trajectories ».
The five-time World Champion finishes on the case Marc Marquez : " I expected a lot from him. The Portimao result made him look, in a sense, like a hero. Sometimes when you feel like a hero in MotoGP, you have to do more than you need to. This happened to me after the fall in China. This combined with a Honda always critical with the front, a hard tire and the cold track conditions… In a tricky corner this meant he lost the front and got a bit scared. During the warm-up, he received numerous warnings from the bike and so he went into survival mode. He made a little comeback. Without Saturday's crash, he would have aspired to something better ". Revenge this weekend at Le Mans?
