MotoGP – Jorge Lorenzo wants to end his career at Yamaha –

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Jorge Lorenzo wants to end his career at Yamaha

MotoGP - Jorge Lorenzo wants to end his career at Yamaha -

Just before starting the final offseason testing in Jerez (Spain), Jorge Lorenzo has indicated for all intents and purposes that he would like to end his Moto GP career with Yamaha. Good news for the tuning fork manufacturer, who believes that the title can only be played between its 2010 world champion and Casey Stoner !

Just before starting the final offseason testing in Jerez (Spain), Jorge Lorenzo has indicated for all intents and purposes that he would like to end his Moto GP career with Yamaha. Good news for the manufacturer in tuning forks, who believes that the title can only be played between its 2010 world champion and Casey Stoner !

Jorge Lorenzo: "my first option is Yamaha"

See you soon 25 – on May 4 – Jorge Lorenzo is starting his fifth season in the premier class under excellent auspices: his new 1000 cc Yamaha M1 seems very well born and his left hand – injured during his fall at the GP d ‘ Australia 2011 – fully recovered.

"My comeback was not easy, but the first two tests went well, better than I expected. I was pretty close to the others in terms of lap times and this is maybe the best pre -season of my MotoGP career ", he assures.

"The injury has not changed my riding and I can still use the clutch with full hand," said the No. 99 during the official presentation of the Yamaha in Jerez on Thursday afternoon.

"The 1000 cc is more powerful, the acceleration is stronger and you therefore spend more energy to control it," explained the Mallorcan, considering that if his YZR-M1 is indeed heavier, it is also "a bit easier to ride, especially when accelerating, because we have more torque and the bike moves less ".

Jorge Lorenzo’s journey

With two world titles in 250 cc (2006 and 2007), Jorge Lorenzo joined the official Yamaha team in 2008 alongside MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. From the outset, the young Mallorcan revealed an incredible talent: poleman of his very first Grand Prix in the premier class – a performance he shares with his idol Max Biaggi – he won his first victory in his 3rd race in Portugal.

This exceptional start gave him wings: although he then said the opposite, Lorenzo was already watching Rossi for his very first season! The return to reality will be brutal, both literally and figuratively: the teammate of the genius of the Alpages falls violently on several occasions, a victim of his impetuosity.

Calm, Jorge swallows his (j) pride and begins to assimilate the specificities of a MotoGP with more method and less pressure. The result was not long in coming: after a superb 2009 season (5 pole and 4 victories) during which he made life difficult for a Valentino Rossi at the top of his game, Lorenzo won the supreme consecration in 2010.

And if the task was undoubtedly made easier by the exclusion of Rossi from the race, the constant pressure which he maintains on the n ° 46 and the pace which he imposes on him are undoubtedly not foreign to the latter’s fall in Mugello !

Rid of the idol of the Grands Prix in 2011, Lorenzo then stumbled over a new pitfall: Casey Stoner. Crushed by the Australian and his RCV212 last year (3 wins against 10 for the HRC driver), Jorge Lorenzo thirsts for revenge in 2012 !

His contract with Yamaha ending at the end of the 2012 season (like those of Hayden, Pedrosa, Rossi, Spies and Stoner!), Jorge Lorenzo was also invited to comment on his career plans….

"My first option is Yamaha. I would like to end my career at Yamaha and if the bike is competitive this year, I see no reason to change manufacturer," assured the rider with 38 victories and three world titles in Grand Prix.

"When I came to Yamaha in 2008, I immediately felt like part of a family. The atmosphere is great and we had a perfect bike from 2008 to 2010," he said..

Although legitimately disappointed not to have been able to respond to Stoner and his RC212V because of a "not very competitive" M1 in 2011, the Spaniard still believes that he had "a good package at his disposal for the last four years. years "and is delighted with the progress of his Yamaha.

Lin Jarvis: "for the title, you need Jorge or Casey in the team"

These statements obviously delighted the leaders of the official team of the Iwata crest, starting with its director Lin Jarvis who recently confessed that "to aim for the title, I think you have to have Jorge or Casey (Stoner, Editor’s note) ) in the team " ! 

"We already have Jorge and our priority is to keep him," said Jarvis, who hopes Ben Spies "will have a great season and we can keep moving forward with him." The Texan is therefore master of his future: if 2012 is up to the hopes that Yamaha places on him, the renewal of his contract will only be a formality. !

Otherwise, a certain Andrea Dovizioso could well snatch the coveted second Yamaha factory handlebars from him: "Andrea adapts well to the bike and if he has a sensational season, he will automatically be the third rider that we will consider. Lin Jarvis added..

Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa, Rossi and all their little comrades are currently on the track in Jerez (Spain), where the last tests of the 2012 offseason have just started..

Long at the head of this first day, Jorge Lorenzo finally had to give way to the inevitable Casey Stoner who sticks 0.273 seconds in his sight … The two men precede Pedrosa, Spies, Crutchlow, Hayden, Bautista, Dovizioso and Rossi.

Will the Mallorcan manage to regain the ascendancy by the end of testing on Sunday night? To be continued on Site: stay connected !

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