Jorge Lorenzo was one of the main actors in the golden age of Spanish motorcycling. The Majorcan with Marc Marquez, Daniel Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and company, trained a generation of pilots who converted MotoGP in a real spectacle weekend after weekend.
One of the reasons these championships were so memorable was the rivalry that existed between the drivers. It went beyond being teammates or compatriots. Five or six runners gathered together who knew they were candidates for the title and it took the fight to another level.
Lorenzo analyzes this same aspect and compares it in the MotoGP current. The five-time world champion considers this something that is missing in this year’s competition and assures that it is what the spectator demands the most: “In today’s MotoGP they are all brothers“.
“THE fans want rivalrythat is to say two pilots who I hate sports. If motorcycles did more wheelies and there were less aerodynamics, there would be even more spectacle“, Jorge said in a statement to the Italian media ‘GPONE’.
The former Spanish driver highlights the strong rivalries that existed when he was racing. It was enough to win and relations with its competitors were far from friendly. It was a different time and apparently, just like motorcycling as a sport, their relationships on the track changed too.
