Jorge Lorenzo has been involved in some bitter rivalries during his successful MotoGP career.
have been ‘Total tension’ between Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi When they were teammates at Yamaha. For the first time together, the group was even forced to build a wall in the garage.
In the past, Lorenzo’s relationship with Spaniard Dani Pedrosa was ‘impossible’. The rivalry has been fierce since he was a teenager, and reached its peak in 2008, when Pedrosa refused to shake his hand in Jerez.
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“There came a point when the tension with Dani Pedrosa became unbearable,” he told DAZN last year. Sports world. “We exchanged statements in the media, and the front pages were full of pure hate, and at that time everyone was talking about our rivalry.
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In a separate interview with Moto.ITLorenzo dismissed the changes he saw in MotoGP. He feels the sport needs more competition.
The sport has produced a documentary reflecting on the 2015 Malaysian GP, ​​the moment Marc Marquez’s feud with Rossi erupted. The sport may be trying to use that storyline to capture new fans.
Marquez and Rossi are still not on speaking termsYears after the Doctor retired. In contrast, the relationship between most active drivers is cordial.
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“Now the riders are all friends, all popular, all ‘how good you are, you are number one’. I think the sport needs competition because otherwise they are all friends,” Lorenzo said.
“Pedro Acosta is the person I like because he doesn’t come to make friends. Marc, if you want, but he’s the most extreme Acosta.”
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Marquez and Marco Bezeci were sporting enemies, but that has now changed. Bezeci apologized profusely after the incident with the world champion in Indonesia.
Marquez was hurt by the crash but told his fans not to criticize the Aprilia rider as a sign of mutual respect.
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With 2024 world champion Jorge Martin returning to full fitness, the internal competition in the team should be even stronger. Marco Bezecchi made the team his own in Martin’s absence.
Bezecchi and Martin have had some ‘difficult timesWhen you fight in smaller units and that story makes the narrative more compelling.
