Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi’s partnership at Yamaha is one of the strongest team-mate rivalries in MotoGP history, and the Spaniard has revealed his reaction to the doctor’s return to the Japanese constructor ahead of the 2013 season.
The Italian motorcycle racing icon was a seven-time world champion at the time. George Lorenzo He entered the sport in 2008, but That didn’t stop Rossi from feeling the Spaniard’s heat with the factory Yamaha team. that year.
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Lorenzo’s relationship with Rossi was full of ‘general tension’ From the get-go, and the pair shared some of the most explosive moments in MotoGP teammate partnership history during their seven years as partners.
In the year The toxicity of their relationship reached a peak following their title clash in 2015, but Lorenzo’s true Italian triumph came two years ago, after which Rossi After a successful stay, he expressed his desire to return to Iwata. Ducati.
Jorge Lorenzo has revealed that Valentino Rossi’s price at Yamaha was ‘in the hole’ in 2013.
Speaking during it It has been decoded A documentary, now available on Duralavita’s YouTube channel, reveals how low Rossi’s reputation at Yamaha was when Lorenzo returned to the team before the start of the 2013 season.
“Valentino had two bad years at Ducati and with his tail between his legs he decided to knock it out,” said the three-time MotoGP title winner. Yamaha Door and provide the services. So, mistakenly, Yamaha asked ‘Lorenzo or me?’
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“And Yamaha replied, ‘We want both of you, but we’re not going to get rid of Lorenzo.’
“Look, I could have said I’ll sign the contract, but I want to keep Ben Spey as my teammate.” I didn’t think of that, I didn’t do it, and he came back with his tail between his legs, earning far less than me.
But in the first season, it’s true that we were the three in control, Dani, Marquez and I, and he finished fourth at the back.
Despite the rivalry with the #46, Jorge Lorenzo sees Marc Marquez as his strongest opponent.
Although Rossi was a regular at the front of the pack in the later years of his MotoGP career, Lorenzo insists that Marc Marquez was his toughest competitor..
After Lorenzo won his second premier class World Cup in 2012, the Marquez era began. The Cervera Ant was instantly thrown into the spotlight at the factory Honda team and immediately lived up to the hype.
Marquez would go on to win the title in his rookie season and next year as well, putting himself on the same level as the Yamaha star after two years of racing.
However, the 2015 season would see Lorenzo claim his third and final title, with the Spaniard taking the crown in a head-to-head clash with Rossi.
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