San Marino GP – Lorenzo (17th): "Marquez tried to slow me down"

Big disappointment for Jorge Lorenzo at the 2018 San Marino GP: the Mallorcan, author of a record pole in Misano, made a mistake in the penultimate lap as he sought to return to Dovizioso with Marquez on his tail… Debriefing.

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati (1st in qualifying and 17th after a crash in the race) : "It was not the race we were hoping for because we were competitive and we could fight for the victory. But as it was much warmer than the last few days, the grip was not ideal and I had to opt for medium tires when I don’t like them ".

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“From then on, I suffered a lot on braking at the start of the race because I couldn’t slow the bike down. Little by little, my feeling improved but I had lost too much time fighting with Marquez. in my opinion, Marc knew he couldn’t win and he tried to slow me down to have a chance to come away with second place ".

"That’s why I crashed – I had to take more risks in order to get back to Andrea, who was riding very hard and had escaped. Now we need to analyze the data to understand how to improve the bike. and be even faster in the next races ".

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Site analysis : The impressive series of Jorge Lorenzo stops in the gravels of Misano … Second in the Czech Republic, winner in Austria then author of the pole at Silverstone before the cancellation of the British GP, the Mallorcan thought to continue on this pace in San Marino after dominating the qualifications again.

But things did not go as planned for the n ° 99 who shows a certain bad faith to justify his fall, his third in the race this season after that in because of a brake problem, then when Pedrosa brought down the two Ducatis … On the one hand because the temperature difference was not so important as what the Mallorcan claims: it actually amounted to two degrees between qualifying and the race (from 25 to 27 ° C in air and 39 to 41 ° C on the ground).

On the other hand, if Marc Marquez was indeed a little lower in terms of pure speed, making him bear the responsibility for his fall seems a little … inflated! Recall that the two future teammates at the HRC arsouille for several laps, without contact or reprehensible maneuver, before Lorenzo discards and loses the front in a left two laps from the finish. 

Certainly, his fight with the Honda official made him waste time and favored Dovizioso. But so the race goes: Marquez was not going to give it free rein on the pretext of being a bit less comfortable in certain sectors! Otherwise, why did this same Lorenzo not let Dovizioso pass last year in Valencia (Spain), when his team urged him to stop blocking his teammate who was playing for the title? ?

The bitterness of the five-time Grand Prix world champion is nevertheless understandable, as he missed a golden opportunity to continue his meteoric return to the championship. His mistake made him fall from third to fourth in the provisional behind Marquez, Dovizioso and Rossi.

"Loren-show", who passed in front of his teammate after his victory in Austria, is now 91 points behind the leader of the standings, Marc Marquez (130 points against 221), and 21 over the second Andrea Dovizioso. 

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