Jorge Lorenzo arrived at the Sachsenring with the hope of reversing a situation which promised him a complicated weekend. On a track where the Hondas generally take the lion's share and which he has never dominated, Por Fuera bet on the new electronics and an asymmetrical Michelin front tire to finally make a custom with the German Grand Prix. But he fell from a height.
Lorenzo even fell on the dizzying descent of turn 11. From the morning, the three-time Yamaha World Champion had one knee on the ground, one hand in pain and not far from taking an Aprilia on his back since, at the same time, Bradl also made a mistake. Enough to have headaches. Reassured about the condition of his hand, the teammate of a Red who will not be better off has had a hell of an afternoon. Lacking sensations, he sank with the entire Yamaha house to find himself sixteenth this evening, 1.5s behind a Casa Particular in Viñales leader on his Suzuki.
A situation which is certainly not what was desired by those who must fall behind Márquez in the championship and who wants to go on vacation on Sunday with high morale. An optimism that was not on the agenda for this rainy Friday: “ At the moment we are not competitive at all. We are no better at braking than at the apex because the electronics react brutally with this precarious grip. As a result, when accelerating, we have no traction. Result: we are 1.5s from the best time ».
For once, the front tire hoped for as a savior proved to be treacherous: “ The fairly cool track conditions made this trio tire hard, even in its softest compound option. Concerning my fall, I arrived with 20 km/h less than last year by taking a much less angle and I still fell. In all other turns, you must remain careful »
He pursues : " This day was not good for the Yamaha who suffered in these conditions. There is no Yamaha in the top 10. I suffered even more than the other riders in M1 because after the crash this morning, it was complicated to attack and have confidence in the bike ". An appreciation which is not trivial coming from the mouth of a Por Fuera who walks in morale. But he wants to be reassuring: “ I am sure that if we find the balance of the Grands Prix at Le Mans and Mugello, I will be fast again. Today was just a combination of bad things slowing me down ". We will recall that the Spaniard tried an M1 with a rear tank. A positive splash in an ocean of problems which could not be assessed at its true value.
