Jorge Lorenzo leaves Qatar test buoyed by consistency and speed

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo and teammate Valentino Rossi completed the third and final day of the final Official MotoGP Test of the 2016 pre-season.

In contrast to previous testing opportunities, over the last three days both riders were able to enjoy a good amount of dry track time and were able to work through a number of potential new items for the 2016 YZR-M1.

Lorenzo delivered his trademark top-level of focus from day one and never strayed far from the front. Today the Mallorcan hit the top of the running order once more when he dipped under the Circuit Record Lap of 1’55.153s with a 1‘54.810s lap and became the only rider to go under the 1‘55s over the entire three-day test.

He went on to complete a long run this afternoon to wrap up the test in first place in the combined standings with a 0.516s margin over his closest rival.

JORGE LORENZO
It was a very positive day, because we improved our lap time a lot and we did a complete race simulation, that has been very good because I did a few laps in the 1‘55s even with not the best front tyre. With the softer one, with which you could be much faster, we had some graining. This tyre will probably not be available in the race weekend, because Michelin is planning to change its tyre allocation to one tyre that‘s a little bit harder and one that‘s not so hard as the one I used for the simulation. With the intermediate tyre on the front I could have been even faster, so I‘m happy with the fastest lap time and the simulation and we are ready to be competitive for the race.

Source: Yamaha Racing