Lorenzo looking for strong finish in Brno
Added on Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor
Lorenzo looking for strong finish in Brno
Jorge Lorenzo is looking to put right the mistake of 12 months ago this weekend and take a huge leap towards the MotoGP championship at Brno.
The Fiat Yamaha rider saw any hopes that he had of taking the 2009 championship practically evaporate at the Czech Republic Grand Prix last year as he crashed out, handing yet another 25 points to teammate and eventual champion Valentino Rossi.
But the Mallorcan has demonstrated a new level of maturity in his racing this season and following the summer break, the 23-year-old is concentrating on simply making sure that he picks up a strong finish this weekend, keeping any talk of a seventh win of the season to a minimum.
“I like this track very much as it suits my riding style very well and I would obviously like to win here, but my main objective is the Championship, so we will see how things go this weekend,” he claimed.
“It will be difficult to repeat the results from the first half of the season, but that’s not really our goal. The goal is simply to finish races and get on the podium.”
The championship leader was quick to admit that, during the short summer break, he had broken the habit of a lifetime and actually enjoyed some time off, after a particularly busy first half of the season.
“For the first time ever in my racing career I took some holiday during the break,” admitted the 23 year-old. “Normally I would spend the break training, but this year for the first time I went somewhere exotic for my holiday.”
