Austrian GP – Lorenzo (1st): ” I keep the tradition alive! ”

Lorenzo assured his (future-ex!) Employer a third consecutive victory on the Red Bull Ring track. Like Dovizioso last year, the Spanish n ° 99 had to fight to the end against a Marc Marquez in as good shape as his Honda.. Ay caramba !

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati (3rd in qualifying and 1st in race): "Ducati had won the previous two editions and I’m continuing the tradition this year. To be honest, victory was clearly my goal. I knew I had a chance to achieve it with this bike … But I knew Also that Andrea was very strong and especially under braking. He had a very good pace, even in the warm-up ".

"When Marc was in front, I admit that I was a little worried because I did not know if he was going to maintain his rhythm or if he was going to end up releasing ballast and I saw that he was having a little more trouble acceleration. That’s how I was able to make the connection. When Andrea started to lose ground, victory was only between the two of us. And Marc is always a difficult opponent to beat , especially now that they have more power. Their bike does not lose so much when accelerating. It was strong in certain places of the track, on the contrary I had an advantage on other parts ".

"Several times he passed me on turn 3. But on the last lap he maybe wanted to slow me down too much in this hairpin bend and it didn’t work in his favor. He left me a few small ones. meters which allowed me to accelerate better. It was a bit unexpected for me as I had planned to attack more uphill, but this maneuver definitely gave me the opportunity to outpace him a little. I gave everything in these last corners to keep this small lead and it worked ".

Site analysis: A point. This is what separates the two riders from the Ducati factory team in the provisional classification. But thanks to his third victory of the season, Lorenzo passes in front of Dovizioso: mounted on four podiums also in 2018, "Desmo Dovi" has climbed "only" twice the highest step. Spanish takes the ascendancy !

By pocketing 25 points in Austria, on the lands of KTM – annexed for three years to the kingdom of Ducati! -, "Jorgeuil" jumped not from one but two places in the championship: at the same time he doubled the transparent Maverick Vinales, 12th yesterday in the race on his Yamaha "M less"….

Fifth in the MotoGP championship last year, at the end of his first season on the Desmosedici, the n ° 99 thus temporarily finds the world Top 3 that he had never left during his glorious Yamaha years: champion in 2010 and 2012, 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2013, 3rd in 2014 and 2016 … Except only for his year of "break-in" in the premier category on the M1 in 2008 (4th).

Since his fabulous Italian-Spanish double last May, Lorenzo is the driver who has scored the most points. Even more than the solid leader of the championship Marc Marquez: 114 pts Vs 108! The two men – currently the strongest – in the championship will be reunited in the same Honda Repsol team next year. It promises…

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