As we know, Lorenzo must not say anything about his first and last experience of this year with the Ducati. The fault in both cases is his Yamaha contract which will not end until the end of 2016. But that does not stop the people at Ducati from speaking for him. The proof with Davide Tardozzi.
The Ducati team coordinator is called Davide Tardozzi and he is not the least enthusiastic among the reds to welcome Jorge Lorenzo. Even with a black bike, the Italian predicts a rosy future given the first day of testing in Valencia: “ we are happy because we were able to see a fantastic professional at work who works professionally » explained the person concerned on crash.net.
« His attitude impressed us a lot. But it is not today that we are looking for performance. Of course, everyone is focused on that, but our goal is to give him what he deserves in Qatar, at the first Grand Prix of 2017 ».
« We are currently working on getting him properly installed on the bike, literally and figuratively because we have changed the riding position which he did not find perfect. It was his first experience. Tomorrow we will try things, but we will definitely do it in Sepang. » It will then be February 2017.
For the second day in Valencia, it will be getting used to the GP17 which will be the objective since, yesterday, his work table was the GP16. “ He is calm, he manages things and the environment well, he has a particular working method which impressed us. This first day was really positive. I remind you that last year at this stage, we were not in the top 5 but in Qatar, we were there ».
And on the motorcycle? “ What he said was what we expected ". Or a difficulty to manage at the rope point. “ But everything is going perfectly. We will provide him in Sepang with the motorcycle he requests and we will see ". Yesterday, Jorge Lorenzo finished third, 0.112s behind the fastest Casa Particular in Viñales on the Yamaha.
