The Spaniard, on his YouTube channel 99 seconds , has been analyzing what each grand prix has given to date in 2021. Two have been the names that have made the most headlines: Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez. The Italian, who until Le Mans had only scored points in one of the four races held, had received several ‘sticks’ from his former teammate, whom he said he saw as slow.
In France, the Petronas Yamaha rider stepped up and qualified ninth on the grid, but in the mixed race conditions he didn’t quite feel comfortable and finished 11th.
“Substantial improvement of Valentino Rossi. He was faster than in other races, especially in the dry, which is the important thing. We saw a Valentino similar to the one from 2020, which without being his best year, was regularly in the top 10. I hope that the improvements this weekend are thanks to having found something in the Jerez test and thus maintaining them in the next races,” said Lorenzo .
He also referred to the role of Márquez, who was the fastest in practice and led a race for the first time since returning from injury.
“Despite the crashes and the result, which we cannot deny is bad and keeps him out of the championship, we have seen a more solid, strong Márquez and closer to the top positions,” said #99 . “In the dry he was starting to get off the hook, but when the rain appeared, he began to feel better than other riders. He quickly started to come back and even before changing bikes he passed Quartararo in the pit lane. It seemed that circumstances had come together with him, he came out of the pits first, it seemed that he was going to get his first victory since the injury.When I saw him on television, with so much confidence and aggressiveness, I began to fear that crash because I saw him too confident and there was still a long race to go. fear came true and ended up on the ground. He got the bike back and came back, and that moment was all or nothing and in the end he got tails. A real shame because he had victory in his hand and it would have been a great joy after all the suffering”.
The former Ducati rider stressed the good work of his old brand, whom he sees with the most competitive bike at the moment.
“After the crash in Portugal and a discreet result in Jerez, Zarco was second again and it’s been three times already. Very solid race. He rejoins the championship, ahead of Bagnaia and Quartararo. Ducati has three riders among the four first, which shows that the bike is competitive,” he said.
“In Jerez, it had been five years since Miller had won a victory and he goes and gets another one at Le Mans. It’s incredible the confidence and security that a victory gives a rider, you makes you believe more in yourself, drive better. This is what has happened with Jack. He was back in the front row. He was presented with another opportunity with the rain, where he is a specialist, he was there to take advantage of it. In addition, when he went off the track, Márquez made a mistake in front and left him free to recover ground to Quartararo. It was relatively easy for Jack to get the hang of it because of the Yamaha’s features. Not since Casey Stoner has an Australian had two wins in a row, so congratulations. It is your moment”, commented on the winner of the race.
In addition, he highlighted the performance of Bagnaia, saving the furniture in a complicated weekend.
“The great regularity of Bagnaia continues. Except in the second in Qatar, he has been among the top four in all of them. It was very easy to fail, in those difficult moments you have to know how to finish and score a lot of points. The champions win when they can and when they can’t they can limit damage, they don’t make mistakes and they don’t fall out of the top 10,” he said.
And about the new leader, Fabio Quartararo, he pointed out: “Great result. He was ahead of Bagnaia and regained the lead. The truth was that it was not easy because he was coming back from an injury. The Yamaha was really bad in the rain, but in those conditions of race endured the type and minimized damage. In these conditions, a podium tastes like victory, “he clinched.
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