Jorge Lorenzo on “the one thing” that separates Marc Marquez from great rivals like Valentino Rossi
Marquez goes into the 2023 MotoGP seas▨on knowing that another championship would equal Rossi’s seven.
The rivalry in t🌜he era that included Rossi and Lorenzo has been reopened by Marquez’s Amazon Prime Video documentary where he charts the most notorious moments.
Lorenzo said on Spanish TV: “Who is the best rider? I competed against great stars: 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Casey Stoner, Rossi, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dani Pedrosa, Marquez.
“For me, ℱfrom the MotoGP class, since before it was the 500cc two-stroke class, I think the five of us were the bes🤡t.
“Rossi was super-smart, 🧸he could improvise very well in every situation during the race. Beating him one on one was very difficult.♐
“But Marquez has one thing that the others don't: he's not afraꦬid of crashing... and hitting someone like that is hard.
“But for me, Marc Ma෴rquez is still the best despite his injuries and the Honda being uncompetitive.”
A two-year injury nightmare seems to be coming to an end, meaning Marquez’s gr💃eatest hurdle in 2023 could be the performance of his Repsol Honda bike in a quest to overthrow the dominant Ducatis and end Francesco Bagnaia’s title reign.
Three-time champion Lorenzo also opened up about his own fears, and how they grew with age: “In 99% of the time of m🐟y career as a rider I wasn't afraid.
“On two or three occasions I was afraid to continue co𝕴mpeting, but over time I over📖came it and returned to the tracks, winning races and world championships.
“In the last years of competition - at 28, 30, 32 years old - I was equally fas🅠t, or even more, in dr🐟y and safe conditions.
“But when I had to go with dry tyres in mixed conditions, wi𒉰th puddles of water, which are the most dangerous conditions in which at any moment you fly off and get injured, at 30 or 32 years I wanted to be fast, full throttle.
“In the races I lost a lot of points - I was 14th, 15th, 16th. Wh𒁃e🐎n I was 20 I won the race.”
James was a sports💫 journalist at Sky Sports for🐠 a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
