Jorge Lorenzo arrives at Sepang for the Malaysian Grand Prix with still the echo of his poor Australian performance observed last weekend. A procession dissected by observers as well as by Honda. Por Fuera's comments do not deny the difficulties encountered, but it seems that they are no longer listened to in high places at the Tokyo manufacturer who has already found the reason to discuss the end of the ordeal: the inability to play the team title because of a second driver who doesn't even enter the points while the first one keeps winning...
There are two Grands Prix remaining in this 2019 season and these two deadlines seem like reprieves for a Jorge Lorenzo who would experience the epilogue of his career. All the elements point to this conclusion. The facts are there, Por Fuera is not done at the Honda, but not only that. By constantly highlighting his still precarious physical condition due to his serious injuries suffered earlier this season, while in no way denying his apprehension on the bike, he himself admits that he is no longer what he was. , that he is lastingly affected in his body and his mind.
Then the clouds gather and no one gives much of their skin. Lucio Cecchinello, boss of the LCR satellite team, does not envisage for a second seeing a Lorenzo subscriber throughout the 2020 season in last place. For him, the first Valencia test will be the preamble to an end-of-game announcement after the observation that a Honda 2020 is still impossible to control.
On the Honda side, Alberto puig mourned the loss of his pilot, regretting that he was not able to help his team in the race for the team title while Marc Marquez devotes himself body and soul to it, although he has already accomplished all his objectives. In this way, the team director points the finger at the person responsible for an announced failure to better direct him towards the exit.
Likewise, the detailed analyzes of the last Australian Grand Prix reveal that in the last five laps at Phillip Island, Jorge Lorenzo with the Honda was twice as slow as the winner in Moto2 Brad Binder. Like a final blow. Jorge Lorenzo is on the ropes. Who from Honda or driver will throw in the towel?
We don't know, but during this time, the scene is observed by a Johann zarco to polite discourse towards Honda andAlberto puig while his first results on the 2018 Honda of the LCR team were decent. For 2020, if Lorenzo were to be removed from the tablets, the Frenchman would be the HRC's only recourse.
To be continued…
