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Lorenzo zuversichtlich und motiviert für die Teilnahme an den IRTA Tests

Nachdem Jorge Lorenzo sich ja dummerweise beim Motocross die Hand verletzt hatte, war die Teilnahme am abschließenden Wintertest in Katar anfangs ungewiss.

(Nebenbei: Wieso um alles in der Welt verbieten die Verträge der MotoGP Fahrer eigentlich das Motocross fahren nicht? Lorenzo ist ja nicht gerade der erste Fahrer, der sich mit dem netten Winter-Hobby die Knochen beschädigt hat…)

Laut einem aktuellen Interview schaut es nun aber wohl doch ganz gut aus – der Spanier wird zar nicht ans Limit gehen können, eine Teilnahme scheint aber halbwegs sicher.

Der Zeitung Motosprint gegenüber äußerte sich Lorenzo so:

Yes, I’m going to the Qatar test, I’ve taken this decision for several reasons, including the need to understand how my hand is doing, but certainly not to set the quickest lap time.

I have thought about forgoing testing and going straight to the first race. But I feel like going to the tests. I’d like to recover some feeling, some confidence, basically I want to get back in touch with my bike. Even if it’s just a couple of laps, I want to see how I feel on the saddle.

Jorge Lorenzo räumte weiter ein, dass die Verletzung natürlich seine Form für die Saisoneröffnung verschlechtert, hofft aber, dass dies keine allzu großen Nachteile für den Titelkampf bedeuten wird:

I think I won’t be well prepared when we get to the first race, I won’t be, and neither will be my bike.

In any case I don’t want to get disheartened. I carry on thinking positive, since the season is long: 18 grands prix are a lot of races, we need to think long term. As for the first race, I will try to limit the damage as much as possible – that would already be a positive thing for me.

Naja, mal sehen – manchmal kommt es ja auf 1-2 Pünktchen an…

Aber die Verletzung scheint der Vizeweltmeister nicht auf die leichte Schulter zu nehmen, zumindest deuten die weiteren Zitate aus dem Interview darauf hin:

This is the first time I’ve hurt myself during the winter preparations, when there’s testing, with the championship nearing. This is a new situation for me. This is an injury that takes a long time to recover from, it needs time and patience.

The incredible thing is that sometimes you have big crashes while going quick and you don’t hurt yourself at all, while this time I hurt myself plenty while going at 30km/h. The real problem is that I crashed on the asphalt. I was in a turn, the bike lost grip and I found myself down all of a sudden. I put down my hand and broke the first metacarpus. It’s the right hand, the one you accelerate with.

From a medical point of view, I can try to get some running in Doha. But I must go slow, and that’s what I will do. I will try to think about everything except lap times. Neither mine nor the others.

Movement of the finger is still limited, and the arm has lost quite a lot of muscle tone. But this is normal, I’m not worried about that.

Hoffen wir, dass Jorge Lorenzo schnell wieder schnell fit ist – ich bin nämlich sehr gespannt, wie er mit der neuen Situation in seiner Box klarkommen wird (Rossi hatte ja darauf bestanden, dass keine Daten mehr zwischen den 2 Konkurrenten ausgetauscht werden müssen – ergo kann Lorenzo nun nicht mehr auf die Abstimmungsarbeit des erfahreneren Rekordweltmeisters Valentino Rossi bauen).

Quelle für die Zitate: autosport.com

Video: One on One (Folge 2) – Eddie Lawson & Ben Spies (by Yamaha USA)

Hier die zweite Folge des Yamaha promotion Videos “One on One”: Eddie Lawson und Ben Spies im Zwiegespräch:

Link: www.youtube.com

(Hier klicken für die erste Folge)

Video: One on One – Eddie Lawson & Ben Spies (by Yamaha USA)

Angenehm, dass die Damen und Herren von Yamaha (in diesem Falle Yamaha USA) weiterhin einen so guten Job machen und ihre Stars regelmäßig auch ohne Bike vor die Kamera setzen. Nach den eher humoristischen Einlagen (wie z.B. das Video aus dem US-Headquarter von Yamaha) hier mal eine “etwas gesetztere Gesprächsrunde” von Eddie Lawson und Ben Spies:

Link: www.youtube.com

Ben Spies – Review der SBK Saison 2010

Wann geht die MotoGP Saison bloß endlich los? Nicht nur das absolute Fahrergenie Valentino Rossi, nicht nur die schnellen Herausforderer Jorge Lorenzo und Dani Pedrosa, nicht nur der wieder erstarkte Casey Stoner, sondern auch “Mr. Elbow” Ben Spies wecken eine Menge Vorfreude auf die kommende Saison

Link: www.youtube.com

(Review der 2009er Saison von Ben Spies bei Yamaha)

Jorge Lorenzo: Stellungnahme zum Ende des Datenaustausches mit Valentino Rossi

Bisher hatte sich Jorge Lorenzo ja sehr bedeckt gehalten, wenn es um die neue Entwicklung innerhalb der Yamaha Box ging, nach der zwischen ihm und Valentino Rossi keine Daten mehr ausgetauscht werden sollen:

I don’t have anything to comment on this.

so war die bisher einzig vernehmbare Antwort.

Nun hat allerdings das twowheelsblog über einen Beitrag der spanischen AS.com berichtet, der das ganze etwas genauer darstellt – bzw. in dem Jorge Lorenzo weniger wortkarg geantwortet hat:

I have great respect for Valentino. He has an incredible talent and is an intelligent person. Last year I was close to beating him and with a step forward I can have the chance to succeed. I do not care what he says, I’m not interested in listening to that I copy his bike’s settings to win. I think about myself. In 2009, we compared data and there were races where we did well, in others both Valentino and I did worse.

Und weiter:

I don’t know why Yamaha made this choice, I believe that this will slow down development on the bike. However I’m not worried, I’m self sufficient.

Lustig die Schlussaussage, nach der Jorge “ein Diesel” sei:

I’m a bit of a diesel, I start slowly, and then build up for the to start the championship. Stoner and Valentino are now very fast, but there’s only a few tenths catch up on, I am not worried there’s 18 races and the championship is very long.

Man darf auf jeden Fall sehr gespannt sein, ob der Spanier schon weit genug ist, sich ohne den Blick zum erfahreneren Valentino Rossi um Setup und einen Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung kümmern zu können.

(via twowheelsblog.com)

Interview mit Jorge Lorenzo / Q & A with Jorge Lorenzo by FIAT Yamaha Racing

Hier als Abschluß “der heutigen Reihe in Sachen Yamaha MotoGP Propaganga” noch das Interview mit Jorge Lorenzo:

Einmal als Video:

Link: www.youtube.com

Und in Textform:

Everyone expects that the rivalry between you and Valentino will be even stronger this year. How do you plan to manage it?

I think our rivalry is not personal, but just limited to the sport area. For me it is normal: we both want to win and we are in the same team. Last year we had a very polite and good relationship with the media and I expect this year to be the same again.

Who is your biggest rival this year and why?

I don’t know. Theoretically Valentino, Casey, Dani and me are the riders who are going to fight for the championship, but I am sure that it is possible that somebody else will be fighting with us for the championship. Is your aim this season to be world champion? Will you be satisfied with second place again? Yes, I would be satisfied with the second position. It is a very difficult position to get, especially now that I am riding with fantastic riders. Anyway, I want to win but I am not in a hurry to get the championship. I have to be patient.

You made a few mistakes last year, what have you learnt from them and how will you avoid making similar ones this year?

I think that last year’s problem was that all four riders were riding at their limit at every race and in that condition it is very difficult to finish the races. It is true that I made a few mistakes of strategy or concentration that I will try to avoid this year, but I am quite satisfied with my 2009 season. Your first season in MotoGP was spectacular but included a lot of injuries. After such an up-and-down first year, did you expect to be as strong as you were in your second? I hoped to be more regular and faster. Again this year I want to try to be better but you know, maybe I will not get it. And if you can’t be better, you may go down mentally, so I will try again and I will try to improve my performances.

How do you think you can improve this season? Are there any specific areas you want to focus on that will make you a stronger racer?

Yes, I really think that my starts are not the best. This winter I have been training very hard to improve this quality, because if you start well you avoid many problems…

Have you requested any developments for the M1 this year to tailor it more to your riding style?

You know, fortunately one of my best qualities is that I can adapt my riding style pretty easily, so for this reason I don’t think I have to tell many things to our engineers. I think Valentino has more experience and is a very good rider, so I have my hopes to him to develop the M1.

If you are faced with a replay of Barcelona 2009 this season, do you think you will know how to beat Valentino this time?

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