Jorge Lorenzo believes MotoGP fans stil𒈔l want to see rider rivalries - but only if they are natural.

Today’s MotoGP may feature intense racing but lac🔴ks the fiery relationship between riders that Lorenzo experienced with Valentino Rossi and co.

“I am a ဣgreat defender of these r🍌ivalries,” Lorenzo told .

“Thওese duels keep♊ the spectator wanting more, wanting to see the races and the entire weekend.

“It happened with Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna in Formula 1, it happened with Alex Criville and Mick Doohan in this championship and it is experienced with Barcelon💙a and Real Madrid in football.

“It has happened to me with Vale🐽ntinoℱ Rossi, with Marc Marquez, with Dani Pedrosa…

“People don't want to see the riders hate each other, but they do want to see a𒅌 very strong riv𓆏alry.

“But it has to come out naturally.

“The ride⛄rs have to follow their personality and thei𝓡r way of being.

“So, if it doesn't work for tℱoday's riders, it doesn't work for them.”

Lorenzo’s f🔥eud with Rossi was defined by the presence of෴ a wall which separated the Yamaha garage that they shared.

But their gen💃eration has been replaced - and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta believes the current crop are the best ever.

Two-time MotoGP champion Lorenzo reacted: “The sport evolves and the👍re is more technﷺology so that riders are increasingly prepared on a physical level. That's true.

“At the l൩evel of talent, ambition or wanting to be that 'killer' that we had, leaving aside Marc Marquez or Pedro Acosta, who 💧do have that instinct of always wanting to win, the current drivers possibly do not have it.

“O⭕n an eq💯ual level, it is the grid with the best and most winning motorcycles in history.

“In terms of talent, personality and ambition, I think not. We were aꦅ very, very strong generation.”

Rookie Pedro Acosta 𝓡has made an🐷 impact in MotoGP already, insisting “I am not here to make friends”.

Lorenzo said abou🐠t the teenager: “He is a younไg, talented and ambitious driver; a 'killer'.

“He is hungry. He himself believes that he deserves to win and wants to be♑ the best.

“This is the difference between championsꦿ and great riders.”

Lorenzo assessed how this season’s champ💞ionship fight will play out.

“I expect a very strong Ducati with its 'fantastic four': Pecco Bagnai𝓡a, Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini.

“The KTM are very good. It is a very nervous mo𓆉torcycle, but very agile. Brad Binder is going to be there.

“Of course, we'll see if he controls his nerves and doesn't make mistakes that cost him pointꦕs.

“Pedro Acosta, sooner or later, will arrive🎉. Also, 𓄧Aleix Espargaro with Aprilia.

“I find him very solid and, as he has said, the bike works wonderfully. 🔴Let's see if Aleix is ​​fine throughout the championship without making those mistake🔜s that surely cost him the title in 2022.”