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Trying to keep the pressure on Valentino Rossi at the top of the ranks in the Czech Republic, Jorge Lorenzo established
the Italian hero as being in remarkable form during the event, it was the fresh Spanish competitor who erred first as he lowsided
at the third turn with only five laps left.
Having two DNFs in two events for Lorenzo have made him drop 50 points
of his challenging team mate in the standings, following an interesting battle this season and the emotions could be the difference
in yet another Rossi success at Brno.
Lorenzo explains, “I got a bad start and had to get by some people,
and then I just didn’t have the same pace that I’d had all weekend. I was slower than in the practices and it
really wasn’t what I was expecting. Unfortunately for me Valentino was just as strong as he’d been all weekend
and I had to push very, very hard to stay with him. Towards the end I began to close the gap and after I passed him I was
doing everything to stay in front, but then I made a mistake and crashed.”
He then comments, “There’s
nothing more I can say except that I’m so sorry to the team and to Yamaha and I will do everything I can to make it
up in America.”
Daniele Romagnoli, Lorenzo’s Team Boss added his view by stating, “It will be
another important lesson for Jorge and we are confident that he will learn from it continue to be just as fast and to keep
improving. He’s got many more races to show his potential so now we will get back to work with a day’s testing
tomorrow and make sure we’re in the best shape possible for Indianapolis.”
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