Re: Jorge Lorenzo

tammerz · by tammerz on Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:02 am

Paddock Press: Puigdemont on Lorenzo´s 2008 season
Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Spanish journalist´s view on 2008 Rookie of the Year´s performances.

Rookie of the Year and title contender in his first season in MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo was one of the sensations of 2008. He also became one of the most popular sporting figures in his native Spain, with the press committed fans of his brutal honesty and hard-riding ways.

Oriol Puigdemont from Spanish daily El Pais speaks about Lorenzo´s year in Paddock Press, part of a series of reviews looking at the protagonists of the 2008 season. Puigdemont sees a stronger Lorenzo compared to the rider who won the 250cc title in 2006 & 2007, and even he who started the season so impressively in his first three races.

`Crashes in Shanghai and Barcelona I think made him a bit more worried about himself, but he recovered from this for a strong finish to the season,´ says the Spanish journalist. `He has made himself a safer rider and better physically, and I think that he is in great condition for what in theory is his first true shot at being a title challenger.´

tammerz · by tammerz on Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:48 am

i dont know, there is just something about jorge that i dont like, i think he is a poser.

valegirl46 · by valegirl46 on Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:31 pm

I couldnt stand Jorge at the begining of the 2008 season but as the year went on I kinda warmed to him. I think it was all the crashes and that, I felt a bit sorry for him after all he'd been through.

Mrs James Toseland · by Mrs James Toseland on Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:30 pm

does anyone know what jorges number will be next season i dont think they have said what it is yet maybe they will wait till qatar but i want to know what it is LOL

tammerz · by tammerz on Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:57 pm

i think i read that he wasnt announcing it til after the first of the year

Mrs James Toseland · by Mrs James Toseland on Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:11 pm

pandora46 wrote:i think i read that he wasnt announcing it til after the first of the year

OMG

tammerz · by tammerz on Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:15 am

Jorge Lorenzo: I want to spend my whole career with Yamaha
By Matthew Birt

MotoGP

06 January 2009 10:03

Jorge Lorenzo will tell Yamaha bosses he wants to spend his entire MotoGP career with the Japanese factory as he prepares to thrash out a new deal.

Yamaha management confirmed to MCN in late October that one of its prime winter objectives was to sign the Spaniard on a new two-year contract before the first race in Qatar on April 12.

And it seems Lorenzo has certainly got no intention of going anywhere, with the double world 250 champion revealing to MCN that he envisages spending the rest of his career with Yamaha.

So even though Valentino Rossi might want the controversial dividing wall to continue splitting him from Lorenzo, it seems the super confident 21-year-old is going nowhere.

Rossi has already penned a two-year deal for 2009 and 2010, while Yamaha bosses want Lorenzo on a new deal as they see him as the long-term leader of the Fiat-backed factory squad.

Lorenzo said: “I’m very happy with Yamaha and for me the ideal thing is to finish my career with Yamaha. All I know is that both parties are interested in continuing.”

The 2008 Rookie of the Year, who made a stunning impact in MotoGP when he claimed his debut win in just his third race having also scored three pole positions in the opening three rounds, will only re-sign on terms he’s happy with.

He added: “This is my job and I want the best solution for my life and my career also.”

Mrs James Toseland · by Mrs James Toseland on Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:19 am

so any dream i have of vale and james being team mates are not going to happen Sobbing smilie

valegirl46 · by valegirl46 on Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:43 am

Its looking like that Trudi, such a shame. Well at least they 're both still on Yamaha Very Happy

tammerz · by tammerz on Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:42 am

well my personal opinion of jorge is that he thinks he is better than he is. i would like to buy him for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth. I'd be rich

tassiedevil · by tassiedevil on Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:16 pm

Oh the kid seems to have a personality

I prefer him to Casey Stoner .

tammerz · by tammerz on Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:49 pm

well i prefer almost anyone to casey

tammerz · by tammerz on Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:34 pm

Yamaha wall will help Jorge Lorenzo in 2009
By Matthew Birt

MotoGP

22 January 2009 11:48

The dividing wall that will continue to split Yamaha’s factory MotoGP garage in 2009 will be beneficial to Jorge Lorenzo, according to his team boss Daniele Romagnoli.

Lorenzo was unhappy that Fiat Yamaha team-mate and reigning MotoGP world champion had successfully persuaded Yamaha to retain the wall, which was first used in 2008 when the pair raced on different tyre brands.

Even though the introduction of the single tyre rule will now see both Rossi and Spaniard Lorenzo race on Bridgestone rubber in 2009, the wall will stay.

But while Lorenzo might not be too keen on the idea, his team manager Romagnoli believes the wall will help Lorenzo focus his attention more on his job than worrying about the fortunes of Italian Ross.

Romagnoli told MCN: “Jorge doesn’t like so much that the wall will stay. But I have tried to explain to him that the wall is something we need. It is something that can help him because it saves him from concentrating too much on Valentino. He can focus on himself.

"The wall will help him because he has his own team working just for him. So everybody surrounding him is working just for him and 100 per cent for him. When two riders are on the same team, every rider watches the other side.

"This happens for sure. After a race too the other side might be the winner and you might be tenth. Then you don’t have to see the celebrations.”

Lorenzo was the revelation of the 2008 series, winning the Rookie of the Year title with a series of scintillating performances that included three successive pole positions in his first three races.

He also won in only his third attempt in Estoril but his season was also memorable for a series of massive crashes that left him spending large chunks of the season recuperating and less than 100 per cent fit.

Lorenzo will be back on track with the rest of the MotoGP field in Sepang on February 5.

Mrs James Toseland · by Mrs James Toseland on Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:08 pm

i feel sorry to jorge for his crash i hope he is ok and his nose is too for the next race i want to see a great battle with him and vale until the end

Mrs Fizz To52land · by Mrs Fizz To52land on Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:43 pm

I feel sorry for both Jorge and Nicky.