Lorenzo thrilled with Brno turnaround
Added on Monday, August 16th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor
Lorenzo thrilled with Brno turnaround
Jorge Lorenzo could not hide his delight at overcoming a difficult weekend to pick up his seventh victory of the season at Brno and extend his lead in the championship to 77 points.
The championship leader recovered from a crash in qualifying on Saturday to pick up his first premier class victory at Brno, extending his lead over Dani Pedrosa in the MotoGP rider’s standings and was clearly delighted with the result, ahead of the all-important post-race test on Monday.
“After my problems yesterday and the crash I didn’t expect this, I thought it would be much more of a struggle,” he claimed.
“Once I got to the front I expected Dani to come with me and I knew it was my moment and that I had to push as much as possible. I thought he would try to overtake me but I felt good, pushed hard and little by little I was able to lose him. I know I said I was riding for the championship now and that’s still true but when there’s the chance to win I have to take it!
“To take my seventh win in one season is fantastic, thank you to all of my team for such a good job after we had difficulties yesterday. Tomorrow we have an important test which we hope will help us in the last part of the championship and then we go to Indianapolis, a track that I love.”
