Jorge Lorenzo remembers one of his biggest crushes. “It was a miracle. They said it was in my head.”

Jorge Lorenzo He is one of the most character pilots who have experienced MotoGP. Certainly, that’s one of the major reasons why it became a motorcycle legend with five titles under the credits. Few people can boast of their remaining World Cup footprint.

However, while the pilot is not always remembered in his records, certain performances can have more impact. For Lorenzo, there is something very clear about it. Assen 2013. Balearic was the leader of the World Cup and was one of the best moments of his career, and the Dutch Grand Prix was a talisman circuit for him. However, the rain made a bad pass.

In a free seconds on Thursday, he stepped into the white line and shot Yamaha. In a talk on former pilot Andrea Migo’s podcast Mig Babol, he said what the coup turned out to be: “I stayed with seven pieces of broken collarbone. Seven pieces. On X-rays, the collarbone is scary, which is very painful. Dr. Mir said he had to wait three days until Monday, so he couldn’t wait that long for the pain. Even with morphine, it hurts very much.”

“Time passed in the hospital and I thought about getting on a private plane and operating it in another hospital. I did that morning, and lifted me up at 6am. That’s when I started thinking about going back to Assen.

Deciding to go back

Once that decision was made, Jorge exposed the idea to his team and mother at the same hospital in Barcelona. “They thought it was bad in their heads and thought it was crazy. I convinced them, came back with the plane and did what I thought was a miracle. I still don’t understand how I tried to do that feat,” he said.

Lorenzo finished the race in fifth place. Just two days after the serious accident, they only gave a few points. Pedrosait was the fourth and a great rival in the title. The overall achievement of finishing the race on those conditions, and that’s why he was accepted as a real hero when he arrived at the box. One of the images recorded on all MOTOGP fans.