Jorge Lorenzo flunks today’s MotoGP: “Less spectacle and too many risks”

An unappealing rejection of the discipline that made him a three-time career world champion.

Jorge Lorenzo against contemporary MotoGP. The Majorcan rider, who made it his own in 2010, 2012 and 2015, seems to no longer recognize it. So much so that he calls it a sport even distorted compared to the times when he himself was one of its great protagonists on circuits around the world. And the former Yamaha and Ducati centaur wanted to explain more in detail which aspects just do not convince him.

"The risks have increased a lot, we have realized this as spectators and even the riders have all complained about it – explained Lorenzo in an interview granted to the Spaniards of 'AS' -. There'è too much aerodynamics, which creates turbulence with which it is often è impossible to stay close to those ahead of you and overtake them. Plus, you reach stratospheric speeds, and the worrisome thing è they are when cornering. The è ground effect è has become too important, and can è cause moreù accidents".

"If you suffer dozens of injuries in which you also get very hurt, your view of things changes,” Lorenzo insisted. “Not being able to overtake in slipstream è a detriment to the show, and people don’t care if you are a second faster. They want to see overtaking. That also leads to taking extra risks, since then there are also Sprint Races. I però would remove all this aerodynamics, personally I’m glad I didn’t experience this era of MotoGP on the track".