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Japanese GP – Lorenzo (6th): "Someone has to tell Zarco to calm down"

Analyzes - Japanese GP - Lorenzo (6th): & quot; Someone has to tell Zarco to calm down & quot; -

Jorge Lorenzo, sixth in the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix, is up against Johann Zarco after a collision in the first laps under the Japanese deluge. The Ducati official – 7th in the provisional behind… Zarco, precisely! – will take the matter to the safety committee. The Tech3 rider, for his part, considers it a simple fact of the race. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati (5th in qualifying and 6th in race): “This is the first time that I have had contact with Johann this year, but it is not the first time for him. He is very aggressive in his overtaking, maybe a little too much. pilot like on the Playstation, he thinks he’s all alone ".

"I discussed it with him at the end of the race, but he doesn’t think he did anything wrong. I would like to discuss with the Safety Commission to see what we can do, because in my opinion something something could happen in the future. Someone has to tell him to be calmer ".

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Site analysis: Jorge Lorenzo, quick in the wet from the first free practice of the 2017 Japanese GP, was running for the podium at the Motegi thanks to the usual ease of his Ducati in the rain. But if the Mallorcan did indeed briefly take the lead, he quickly dropped into the second group due to lack of sufficient grip at the rear..

Analyzes - Japanese GP - Lorenzo (6th): & quot; Someone has to tell Zarco to calm down & quot; -

Finally 6th at the finish 24.4 sec from the winner, the former Yamaha rider is aware of having missed the boat as the Ducatis confirmed their advantage, as evidenced by the brilliant victory of his teammate Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci’s third place in the GP17 Pramac. 

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However, it is not this missed opportunity that troubles Lorenzo the most, but his collision with Johann Zarco at the start of the race. Very annoyed to have been pushed around by the French when overtaking him from the inside, Jorge Lorenzo calls on the tricolor prodigy to be more restrained…

"It was early in the race and I was confident with my front tire," said Johann Zarco, eighth in the Japanese Grand Prix. "So at turn 9 I decided to attack but Jorge tried to resist on the outside. Coming out of the turn I hadn’t seen him and I didn’t think he would be there. touched during re-acceleration because I stayed on my path ".

Analyzes - Japanese GP - Lorenzo (6th): & quot; Someone has to tell Zarco to calm down & quot; -

Little focused on muscular overtaking, Jorge Lorenzo sees it for his part a dangerous maneuver and a lack of discernment. For him, Johann must learn to better assess distances and trajectories in order to avoid placing his opponents in this kind of situation. And all the more so when the race takes place on a wet track, with all the risks that this entails.

The Ducati official supports his remarks by recalling that the n ° 5 is not his first attempt, since he has already jostled twice a certain Valentino Rossi – in Austin, then in Assen -, who had he also called the Tech3 pilot to more moderation. 

Lorenzo therefore wishes to discuss this case in the safety committee, as he had done in the past for Marco Simoncelli, also considered too "hot". The tension between Lorenzo and Zarco therefore risks being at its height on Sunday in Australia, especially as they are neck and neck in the provisional: only 9 points separate the French (6th with 125 points) from the Mallorcan (116) !

"These are normal things in the race"

"It was a pretty strong contact, but that’s normal in the race," Zarco said. "I was inside, I had the advantage and nobody fell, that’s the main thing", concludes the French, also author of a disappointing race in Japan due to a lack traction of its soft rear tire.

Analyzes - Japanese GP - Lorenzo (6th): & quot; Someone has to tell Zarco to calm down & quot; -

 "I was wasting a lot of time because my rear tire did not offer optimal grip, but I said to myself that I was going to regain the sensations to catch up with the leading men", explains the Tech3 rider who gradually fell back in the second group as he started from pole position for the second time in his young career.

"But instead of improving, the tire wore out and it got worse and worse. On the acceleration phase, when you straighten the bike, I had less and less grip and I even skated. in a straight line! And then I encountered aquaplaning problems and I had to manage not to fall ", regrets the first private pilot in the ranking.

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No luck for Johann Zarco, already forced by Michelin to change his choice of front tire at the last minute following the removal of the soft rubber! The n ° 5, who had used the "Soft" tire before during all his tests, thus found himself testing the medium tire on Sunday morning and validating his settings during the warm-up….

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