Jorge Lorenzo says if Marc Marquez had a chance at the title, he’d risk more to race
The retired three-time champion Lorenzo suggested his former teammate opted t🍬o take extra recovery time from hand surgery because he isn’t competitive in the title hunt.
Repsol Honda rider Marquez hoped to race at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Spanish MotoGP this weekend but with꧃drew when doctors told him it was “too risky” as he rehabilitated his thumb.
“The finger is important🍌 for ⛎riding a motorcycle, but surely if he thought he had more chances to fight for the championship he would risk more,” Lorenzo told .
“Not seeing himself so fast, he prefers to take all t🅘he time to recover.
“Also😼 because then there is also the sprint race and the risk is doubled.”
Lorenzo famously broke hi🐷s collarbone in a big highside at Assen in 2013 on the Thursday, before undergoing surgery the same day then racing on Sunday - turn🍌ing a 12th-placed start into an epic P5 finish.
But, he insists that a decade later, suc💃h a feat would not be poss🔜ible.
“These are different moments i꧒n the M♛otoGP,” he said.
“In this MotoGP a small injury makes you lose that half second which becomes irrecoveℱrable, you can't finish in the points.
“When I finished fifth at Assen there were five or six bikes that were com🌟petitive while the rest weren't, which allowed me to still finish in the points.
“Today in MotoGP you have to be at 100%, because the youngsters are highly trainᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ🔯𒀱ᩚᩚᩚed athletes and they pass over you.
“Even Marc, who is a phenomenon, risks ღfinishing behind if he isn't 100%.”
James was a sports🎃 journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
