Lorenzo: Rossi disappointed me and his fans

Author of the article: , published April 11, 2021

The poor start to the championship for nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi has left many open debates about the rationale for continuing his career. Rossi has said many times that he will race as long as he can compete with the best. Former racer Jorge Lorenzo said he disappointed both him and his fans with poor results in Qatar. Lorenzo also noticed the similarity of the ride to him and Casey Stoner with Ducati semi-factory team racer Jorge Martin.

Italian took a modest 21st place in the last qualifiers, which is his worst result in the MotoGP class qualifiers. But it wasn’t just a bad day, as both weekends he didn’t achieve more visible results with the exception of the first qualifiers before the first race, where he finished fourth, but finished the race in a modest twelfth place after a poor start. The second race was through the entire training sessions in the background. After the worst qualifiers in his career, he also failed to correct his impression in the race, finishing the race in a modest sixteenth place for him. What followed was an admission that he wasn’t sure his form would rise with racing in Europe. His longtime teammate at Yamaha Jorge Lorenzo gave his opinion.

“Rossi has disappointed me and I think he has also disappointed his fans as much is always expected of Valentino With twenty-one place in the qualifiers he has shown his worst performance in his career. It may be at some training sessions, sometimes worse but that’s nothing compared to that. And then in a race, outside the points, I also think it’s hard to find a race that Valentino finished without a collision or engine failure, outside the points. Let's hope it is different in Europe. He has never achieved top results in Qatar. Portimao may be a tough match for him, but I think he can return to Jerez, ”said Jorge Lorenzo.

He noticed a similarity of driving to him and the former racer Casey Stoner at the Ducati semi-factory team racer Jorge Martin. “When braking, it reminds me a lot of Stoner, also because of his aggressiveness and because he brakes very late and leaves the brakes very firmly, as Casey did. And I also think it’s a bit similar to me in the position of laying a bend. It has a large slope, practically touches with the elbow and even with the shoulder in some bends. And then it also has a lot of speed in corners. With the Ducati, he was able to get a lot of speed in corners compared to the Zarco, which is very direct in braking and does not prepare very well for corners, ”added Lorenzo.

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