Secret Beyond Lorenzo Injury

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Jakarta - Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha and camps had been giving a false statement related fracture injuries right thumb that he experienced. What's the secret behind these injuries? Lorenzo was forced to miss a session pre-season test at Sepang because of injury he experienced. The same problem even threatened to make him unable to perform best in the series early in the MotoGP Qatar on April 11 next. In an official statement which could be released, Lorenzo and Yamaha are calling the injury obtained when the Spaniard came following a low-speed motocross training. And that's not the cause.

"Everyone thought that the injury was caused because I was training with motocross. And that is a result of my training at the tarmac using a very small motors, just 10bhp (horse power). But maybe I'm too much to risk," Lorenzo said in an interview with MCN. "It happened in the narrow path when I try to pass (Carlos) Checa. That was my first day practicing with him, and when I tried racing I actually fell off," said runner-up last season's kejuraan. Lorenzo may regret that the accident appeared prevented 100% in Losail. But it would also be a lesson to better take into account something and do not always take risks. "I think it's because my competitive instinct and maybe it was too much. It's a valuable lesson," added Lorenzo.

The Spanish play is confident the first Grand Prix of the season on April 10

The Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), who may be finally this week in Qatar in the last test before the official start of the World, has described as "very important" might participate in these trials, given the proximity of the boot championship, which begins next April 10 with the dispute of the Qatar Grand Prix.

"Today we go to Qatar for the final test of the preseason. I think it's important that we get there. The fracture occurred less than five weeks, but I could not miss this last test because it would have been negative for our preparations. We are not very far from the first race of the season, "said Lorenzo.

Also, the Mallorcan said the doctor has made a "special protection of carbon fiber and has changed the glove," to further protect the fracture. "We'll see how it goes," said Lorenzo, who travels to Doha Monday to appear in a final test will take place during Thursday and Friday. Its set-up at the Losail circuit will mean the return of Lawrence on the new 'M1', after four weeks of intense recovery after breaking a bone in his right thumb in an accident when practicing motocross.

The Spaniard, who had spent most of this time at his home in Barcelona to practice rehabilitation exercises, already has clearance from doctors to resume activity in the competition. His recovery has gone well and the hand is not swollen, but it has to continue physical therapy in order to fully recover the muscles around the fracture. Your doctor has confirmed that the return to the activity poses no risk for bone fracture, but Lorenzo will have to wait until the early hours in the Qatari court to determine whether he can drive and apply the brakes with full force.

Lost time
For its part, the Spanish team leader, Dutchman Wilco Zeelemberg, expressed his conviction that the presence of your pilot in the final preseason test enables it to recover the ground lost by the absence of Lorenzo in the second official test, in Sepang.
"We are pleased that George is back for this final test before the start of the season. Of course, we had to miss the previous test but we are confident we can catch up, because the bike 2010 has proven to be very competitive from the first time I tried, "he said.

Jorge Lorenzo: “I'm always confident about myself and the bike”

Thursday, 18 March 2010
Motogp.com The Fiat Yamaha rider knows that he will start the season at a disadvantage due to his pre-season hand injury, but he is certain the Qatar Test will give him a chance to regain some momentum before the start of the season.

Lorenzo confident for testing comeback
Jorge Lorenzo’s pre-season was disrupted by a training accident at the start of February which resulted in a broken thumb in his right hand, but the Spanish rider is present at the Qatar Test and ready to make the most of the last chance to ride his M1 prototype before the start of the season on April 11th.
The injury forced the 22 year-old to miss the second Test at Sepang, and he has raced against time to be able to make it to the Losail International Circuit for the night test which has started today (Thursday).
Lorenzo is happy to be back in action, and will have special carbon fibre protection and a modified Dainese glove for the two days to help him make the most of the Test. He started by explaining exactly what happened with the accident that led to his injury.
“I was riding in the ex ranch of Kenny Roberts where there is now a very big dirt track, and I was riding on the tarmac. Everybody said I was injured riding motocross but it’s not true! I was injured on the asphalt with a minibike, and the track was very tight – we were riding with some riders and I made a mistake in my braking point. My front wheel went under and I broke the finger,” said Lorenzo, before discussing how he feels the enforced time out will affect him for the start of the season.
“Compared to the other riders a lot, because this year we have very little practice, only three tests. I missed one and will only do two, maybe not even two because now I’m not in 100% condition, so maybe one and a half! I will not be at the same point as most of the riders, but it’s better it happened to me two months before the Championship than one week before.”
Despite arriving in Qatar with the hand still healing, Lorenzo feels the time at the track will still be a valuable preparation. He continued: “Yes I am always confident, about myself and the bike. I think the injuries can only make you more mature, and more of a thinking person, and try to learn about these injuries and make you stronger.”
“The hand is getting better every day. I felt a big improvement after only three days, and now I don’t have that much pain when I use the hand. So every day things get easier, but for sure to ride a bike will be difficult. We will see what happens!”
Asked exactly how he thinks the injury will affect him at this Test, Lorenzo said: “I don’t know. Maybe I will struggle a lot, and I can only be 10 seconds behind the fastest time, or maybe I’ll get closer; I don’t know. On Thursday we will see. I’ll be running, doing laps, and just regaining the condition and the knowledge about the MotoGP bike.”
Looking ahead to the first race of the season at the same track on April 11th, Lorenzo offered his idea on how the 2010 World Championship could start.
“In theory, worse than last year,” he said. “But I have one year more of experience, so in theory I can be more prepared. For sure this injury will stop us a little bit, but the Championship is very long so we must be patient and keep working.”

Fiat Yamaha Team aiming to confirm triple crown at Valencia season finale

The highs and lows of another stunning MotoGP season draw to a close this Sunday at the traditional season-ending finale at Valencia in Spain. The Fiat Yamaha Team of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have swept all before them this year, dominating the season by taking ten race wins between them and putting on some of the most entertaining racing displays of recent years. Rossi clinched his ninth World Championship title last time out in Malaysia and, with the Teams' title already in the bag and Yamaha looking odds-on to confirm the Manufacturers' title this weekend, the Japanese marque is hoping to take its second consecutive ‘Triple Crown,' the third since Rossi joined in 2004. A ninth world title shows that Rossi's star shows no sign of waning yet but the 30-year-old admitted in Sepang that this season has been one of his toughest, due largely to his determined young team-mate. His six wins this year are less than he has taken in any of his other eight championship-winning seasons but he will be determined to try to increase that by one and round off the season on the highest possible note this weekend by finishing on top of the podium. The Italian hero admits that the tight and twisty track is not one of his favourites but he has two wins to his name there and a further three podiums, including third place last year. Lorenzo's second season in MotoGP has been even more spectacular than his first, with four wins and some stunning battles with his much older and more experienced team-mate. The 22-year-old has never won at the Ricardo Tormo circuit but has some great memories from the track, having finished as runner-up in 2005 before clinching the first of his two 250cc titles there in 2006. The Mallorcan needs just one point from this last race in order to confirm second place in the championship, which he says will be more than enough of a prize for him in just his second MotoGP season, but he, too is determined to end the year on a high note and will be aiming for the podium at the very least. The championship will wrap up in the usual spectacular Spanish style in front of some 130,000 race-day fans, packed into the unique stadium-style surroundings of the track. The layout is characterised by a never-ending burst of tight corners connected by short straights, whilst the long penultimate looping left-hander and the fast entry to turn one contrast with the otherwise geometric flip-flop chicanes and slow speed corners of the infield.
Valentino Rossi - "The end of a great season""I am very happy to be going to the final race with the championship won and the pressure off, now we can just enjoy ourselves. It's been a fantastic year and now we just have one more weekend before we start work for 2010. Valencia hasn't been a great track for me in the past and I've had some bad times there, but at the moment we're in great shape and our bike is working well everywhere we go, so I hope it will be the same at Valencia. It's a great place to finish and the atmosphere is amazing, so we will just do our best and hope for another good race to end off a great season. On Monday we will start working on the new M1 and I'm very excited to try it!" Jorge Lorenzo - "An amazing place to finish""Valencia is an amazing place to finish the Championship, at home, with your fans. I've never got a victory here and I know that it's not one of the best tracks for Yamaha, but I am confident that I can try to change that and finish the championship in the best possible way. The last two races haven't been great for me and I really want to get over that. Furthermore, I need one point to become ‘vice-champion' and I would really like to do that with a podium or a win. That's my aim in Valencia. My best race here was in 2005, when I finished in second place but I think my best memory was in 2006 when I won the championship there. 2009 has been an amazing year for me and for Yamaha and I am looking forward to celebrating with my fans at a home race." Davide Brivio - "The culmination of a lot of hard work""We're finally at the end of the championship and it's great to be going there with our job completed and the championship won. Sepang was a great moment for everyone, the culmination of a lot of hard work from everyone and another incredible effort from Valentino, who never stops trying to be the best. It would be great to finish the season with a good result so we will be working as hard as ever this weekend, and then on Monday we will begin work on our 2010 campaign with a two day test with the new evolution M1." Daniele Romagnoli - "Prepared for a good last race""We're prepared for a good last race! The championship already has its winner but our job isn't finished yet, we need to score at least one point in Valencia in order to make sure Jorge finishes second in the championship. In theory it shouldn't be a difficult task but anything can happen and our aim now is to finish the season in the best way - on the podium. Racing in Spain will give Jorge extra motivation and I have no doubt that we will put on another great show for the MotoGP fans, as we have all season!"

Lorenzo Want to Touch Restore

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Jorge Lorenzo will ensure that participating in the session pre-season test in Qatar. Because it is still not fully recovered from injury, the Fiat Yamaha racer not too push. Before the first race held MotoGP season, there was one more test sessions. This session will dihelat at Losail on March 19 and 18 front. Test session at Sepang Lorenzo could not participate because of his injury - which at one point directly recognized by Lorenzo to detiksport, occurs when driving a Yamaha motorcycle in an exercise. Management had suggested that Lorenzo may not fit right to participate in next week's test. However, the Spaniard again insisted that he must immediately return to the track as part of the recovery process. "Yes, I will follow the trial of Qatar. I've taken this decision for several reasons, including the need to know how the development of hand, but certainly not to record the fastest time," he said in Autosport. Lorenzo admitted briefly considered not to have to follow the trial in Losail and directly to the first race in the same place before 11 April. But it did not so he's finally done. "I want to restore some sense, confidence, basically I want to restore my touch. Even if only a few laps, I want to know how I feel sitting in the saddle bike," said Lorenzo.

Q&A - Jorge Lorenzo is Back

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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?
Well, I really don’t know what I could do if that happened again this year. One thing is what you imagine you could be doing and another thing is what you do when you are on the bike. I have seen many videos about that overtaking and maybe I could have closed the line more. But, as I said, who knows...

This year you will have a new team manager and a new data technician, do you expect any changes in the way your team works and what are you expecting from the new team members?
One of the main changes this year is the new team manager. Last two years we had Daniele Romagnoli, that was a great team manager: he worked very hard and we got very good results. For a series of reasons we had to change the team manager and now we have Wilco Zeelenberg, who may give me some good advices, that Daniele could not give me, because Wilco is a former rider and for sure he has more knowledge about racing. As you know we have a new data engineer, Davide Marelli, and I hope we will be doing a good job together.

After two seasons, do you feel as if you’re taking more of a part in the development of the bike?
Yes, I am more prepared to do this job because I have more experience and I know more about the bike. I can speak with the engineers with more knowledge about this job. Valentino continues to be the leader of the development of the M1 but Furusawa knows that I must start this difficult job as soon as possible, in the interest of Yamaha and mine.

There was speculation about your contract last year. Do you feel happy in the team at the moment?
Yes, I am very very happy. I have always been happy in Yamaha. From the first moment I joined this factory they all welcomed me like one of the family and the ambience in the garage is perfect. To me, my ideal is to be staying with Yamaha for a long time. We will see.

What do you think about some of Valentino’s comments about your future together in the team? Are you happy sharing a garage with him?
Yes, I am happy to be with Valentino. I think that with no other riders I could learn more than with him. In general we are the best team in MotoGP.

What do you think about the rookies coming into MotoGP this season?To be honest, I did not expect that the MotoGP category could be more talented that it was in the last two years, but it seems that it will be a more and more fast category next season. For sure the coming of Spies, Bautista, Barbera and Aoyama will do the show of the MotoGP even more interesting for the fans and for the riders.

Do you think Simoncelli or Spies can make as big an impact as you made in 2008?
Yes, why not? They are world champions, they are young, they are very fast and they want to be fast in MotoGP as early as possible. Maybe it will not be easy to improve my debut, because I won the pole position and I finished second in the race, but if they do not crash, they could even improve my final result

Indonesia memorable for Lorenzo

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Jorge Lorenzo claimed very happy to be in Indonesia. Not just lip service because many things that show that this country gives a good impression of him. Lorenzo came to Bandung in the 'Pride in Indonesia The Home' Yamaha held on 27-28 February. This is the fourth time the Spaniard had come into the country. "Glad to be in Indonesia anymore. Indonesia was in my heart. I enjoy the holiday in Bali, and this is my fourth visit here," I Lorenzo in front of journalists, Saturday (27/2/2010). Lorenzo seems to not mince words. He seemed to enjoy his visit to Bandung and post his picture was in the hotel pool where he was staying at his Twitter account. In his message on the social networking sites, Lorenzo said he was glad to see the sun. Apparently, Lorenzo was trying to be the envy of his friends in Europe are still in winter. When asked by one reporter at a press conference in the ballroom at the Hilton Hotel Bandung, Lorenzo even recognize the questioner as one of his friends while playing beach soccer in Bali. "Hey, I remember your face," said Lorenzo with a friendly. Lorenzo well aware that many people who mengidolakannya Indonesia. Not only directly, support for Indonesian citizens in the online world of fans on Facebook and on Twitter follower prove it. "Probably 30-40 percent of my fan on Facebook and Twitter came from Indonesia," said 22-year young man whose hobby was surf and football. Similar detiksport revealed by sources at Yamaha, who said that Lorenzo was neat to have the impression that Indonesia is not difficult to be persuaded to come again.

If Came The Winner Champion, Lorenzo Will Celebrate in Indonesia

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Jorge Lorenzo has the ambition to reach the MotoGP world title this season. Lorenzo also said that when he celebrated champion, one of whom will he do in Indonesia.Since career in MotoGP, Lorenzo showed an increase. In his debut in 2008, drivers born May 4, 1987 was finish fourth. Last season he was a Spanish runner-up."Valentino (Rossi) is a favorite. But perhaps this year is an opportunity for Jorge," said Wilco Zeelenberg, Lorenzo manager in a press conference "Hello in Indonesia The Home" told reporters at the Sheraton Hotel, Yogyakarta, Monday (1/3/2010 ) afternoon WIB.The feeling was also expressed convinced by the driver. "This team has a motor that's really good. We are now working even harder to get a better bike. We want to improve our lap time record," said Lorenzo.If the determination is true, then where are you going to celebrate Jorge?"Can to Indonesia. When I came here, I'm not the world champion status. When I came back as a champion of the world, I want to spend a short vacation with you all,"