MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo: “if in 14 days the injury has not recovered, I don't see how I could be better in six days in Australia”.

Jorge Lorenzo will therefore not be part of the Motegi. His fall due to a technical problem in Thailand may have already sealed a poor end to the season for Por Fuera. Arriving in Buriram already weakened by a foot injury following an accident in Aragon, he found himself with a badly damaged wrist. So much so that his participation in the Australian Grand Prix next weekend is to be dotted…

It only took one lap to make the Majorcan understand that he could not hold his place in this Japanese Grand Prix. A late revelation which leaves only Dovizioso the care of representing the Bogo Panigale firm in a red suit. But for Phillip Island, in already a week, Ducati sent the mobilization order to Michele Pirro.

Indeed, Lorenzo comments on his situation thus: “ I don't know yet about Phillip Island, because I don't know how I will feel when I arrive on Wednesday or Thursday. But if, in 14 days, from Thailand to Japan, the injury could not recover, it is difficult to believe that in six days, it will be able to recover quickly ».

« This can happen and we will do a magnetic resonance [MRI] to understand more closely what happened in the injury and decide what to do. The only thing I will do now is rest and wait for the body to improvee ”.

Lorenzo also admitted that he may have resumed training " a little too quickly ", which prevented him from recovering. “ What I did is what I felt and what I understood after hearing different opinions ", did he declare. " But probably, for this injury, I pushed a little too quickly. This may not, in my opinion, have made the injury worse, but may have slowed recovery ».

Lorenzo said the risk of aggravating his injury was also one of the main reasons for his withdrawal from the weekend in Japan. “ I feel even worse than expected, I expected a lot of difficulty while riding but I feel very bad when braking because the body, the brain, did not allow me to push my left wrist when braking so I was not not fast. Obviously I wasn't comfortable, but even though I felt safe on the bike, I felt that if I pushed a little more I could make a mistake and crash. It doesn't make sense to race like that, because on this track I had the possibility of winning if I had been in good shape ».