While Jorge Lorenzo finished second ahead of Casey Stoner and reduced the standings distance to forty points at the Motegi GP, the reigning World Champion has conceded that keeping the title is ‘almost impossible’ now that there are only three rounds to go.
Lorenzo’s only big moment in the race was he came into contact with Valentino Rossi, and managed to avoid going down, but Yamaha team mate Ben Spies was a lot less luckier and got caught up and swept away, but he managed to return to action and carve through the field and take sixth, and you won’t hear him say ‘your ambition outweighs your talent’ in what everyone considered at racing incident that happens when the pack is still tight, even if Lorenzo did say, “when I lost position and then Valentino almost took me off and I lost touch with Stoner.
”Jorge Lorenzo – 2nd“I didn’t expect such a strange race, Casey going wide and Dovi having a ride through.
I thought it was possible to fight with Dani but he came better and better, I think he was inspired today and at a very high level of riding.
He decided the victory and I couldn’t follow him.
To win now is almost impossible, just maybe some small possibilities! A big thank you to my team who worked so hard this weekend to make a very competitive bike and thank you to all the Japanese fans who came out to support us.
” Ben Spies – 6th“It was a bitter sweet race for sure, we had a great start and the bike was feeling really good.
I was in a perfect position coming out of turn three, right behind Dovi when I was hit from the back.
I lost one hand off the handlebar and didn’t have much control going into the gravel trap.
I tried to slow the bike as much as I could before tipping over.
When I got back on track I knew there were a couple of slower guys out there so we could probably get some points.
I got my head down and pushed and thought a top ten was possible.
The groups kept coming back to me and the lap times were good so we got a good result considering.
It’s unfortunate because I really think if we had clear track and started well we could have been in 46s all race long and battled for the podium.
That’s racing, it sucks but there you go.
I’m not going to blame anybody it’s just a shame, we’ll move on.
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