Confident Jorge Lorenzo looking forward to Silverstone weekend

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP head to the United Kingdom this week for the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire on Sunday.

The team arrive in confident mood after two consecutive race weekends that have seen rider Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Valentino Rossi stand side by side on the podium together.

Silverstone is another circuit with the potential to deliver strong results for Rossi and Lorenzo with fast sweeping corners well suited to the YZR-M1.

Lorenzo has the most wins of any rider in the premier class at Silverstone, taking three of the four victories since the British Grand Prix moved there from Donington Park in 2010. 2011 is the only year he hasn’t stood on the top step so far.

Jorge is also popular with the British crowd who remembers him taking victory at Donington in 2006 in the 250cc class.

Jorge Lorenzo
“After three consecutive podiums I feel good. Last weekend in Brno we found some good solutions that surely will give us at least a tenth in the next races. I feel quite good and we are going up throughout the championship. We must congratulate the team for their work in the last races and especially during the last one at Brno. We’re happy and confident for the next race. Silverstone is quite different to Brno. It’s a long varied circuit with fast corners and strong braking points and last year we got the win there. It looks good but we need to be careful and work hard during the whole weekend and then wait also for the weather, which is always tricky there.”

Source: Yamaha MotoGP