Marko Hanželic
This season KTM suddenly it is gone a solid motorcycle, but one with which it is also possible to win. The Austrian team has already proven everything in practice Czech Republic. On the other hand Honda factory team he is going through his most difficult moments in recent years.
It is among the manufacturers KTM on the third, Honda only in fifth and penultimate place, only a place before the last April. The situation between the teams is even more dramatic - KTM factory team Red Bull is on the fourth, Repsol Honda but in the last, eleventh place.
Honda's crisis is, of course, directly linked mainly to the absence of their first violin, Marc Marquez, who was injured in the first race in Jerez. Jorge Lorenzo is like Marquez 's teammate last year at Honda experienced his the worst season throughout his career in MotoGP and never made it into the top ten, a motorcycle with a label RC213V describes as “Complicated motorcycle, especially in front”.
"There are racers for whom the feel of the front wheel is not so important, but for others it is fundamental to competitiveness," is for the magazine AS said Lorenzo and admitted: “It was very important for me to have a stable front of the motorcycle. That’s why I suffered on this motorcycle like never before. Marquez is the only one who can win with him. ”
"Looking back at Honda's recent history in the MotoGP Championship," he says Lorenzo, "We can easily see that the motorcycle was obviously easier to ride in the time of Stoner and Pedrosa, because racers like Simoncelli, Bautista or others could also win with it." Marquez has won six world championships at Honda in seven years, but is a motorcycle because of his riding style "Became more extreme", he said Lorenzo.
That's why Lorenzo he doesn't envy anything Pol Espargaroju, who will be a teammate next season Marc Marquez. “I think he’s already sorry he signed. Riding in the Honda factory team is something special, but let's not forget how much Espargaro contributed to the development of the motorcycle at KTM. And as it turns out, the cream that results from his good work for the Austrian team will obviously be picked up by others. ”
Asparagus he pointed out a few weeks ago Lorenzo's debacle last year at Honda for more than he himself said, he did not dissuade from signing the contract for good reasons. Next season we’ll see who was right, him or Lorenzo.
