Jorge Lorenzo: “Maverick Vinales is more talented than Alex Marquez, Sete Gibernau and Andrea Dovizioso”

Jorge Lorenzofive-time world champion, retired from life as an active pilot. MotoGP In the 2019 season, he championed the colors and shared the box with the Repsol Honda Team. Marc Marquez He started a new stage by establishing and supporting a new “school”. Maverick Vinales.

The five-time world champions had a relaxed conversation last Thursday night. Ser chain stringerSo he reflected on his situation in this new phase as a government assistant. KTM rider How do you see the situation going forward? MotoGP. As for the Catalan’s next championship aspirations, the former Mallorcan driver said he has a good future ahead of him despite having the toughest rivals. Marc Marquez and his Ducati.

Relationship with Maverick and aspirations for the World Championship

lorenzo He explained how their relationship came about. The Mallorcan praised the great talent of the Roses driver, confessing: A full season worthy of his talent“To achieve this, we work on many different areas, both physically and mentally.”

“When I was at Aprilia After Austin’s winI congratulated him and started a conversation. I told him that I had plans when I came to Spain and that he should call me, but for some reason it didn’t work out. “That was 2025 years ago. The Valencia GP marked the beginning of their relationship.

Regarding his expectations for the next championship, the Mallorcan said: Vinales He has more talent and speed than many of the other players who competed for the championship. Alex Marquez, Sete Gibernau, Andrea Dovizioso.

“Nobody would have given a dime for something like this.” Alex Marquez Last year, Sete Gibernau competed for the championship, but finished in runner-up. Valentino Rossi No one cared, not even Dovizioso who fought for the championship. Marquez and To me Maverick is far more talented than them.Therefore, how can talent and speed be achieved?”

With Marquez in Red: Has the World Cup been decided?

lorenzo He wanted to make it clear before we started that we shouldn’t take anything for granted and that eventually there comes a time when even the best of us underperform. “Well, there comes a time in all great athletes when their performance starts to decline, and it happened to Federer in tennis and Jordan in basketball. At 32 years old, Marquez has little room for improvement. He has made much more progress than 21-year-old Pedro Acosta. But I’ll repeat maverick “He hasn’t completed a season worthy of his talent. That’s why we’re working on different areas, both physically and mentally.”

“For me KTM is big The bike isn’t in bad shape at all, but I’ve seen it Pedro Acosta He doesn’t trust them and wants to ride a Ducati next season, but it’s true that it’s the most complete bike. “Pedro is very smart, as is Dallíña, so they were able to join their path.”concluded the Mallorcan.