MotoGP: Lorenzo ‘liberated’ by title win
Lorenzo clinched the world championship after rival Dani Pedrosa crashed on the second lap.
PHILLIP ISLAND:
New world MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo says he feels liberated after winning a season-long battle with the powerful Repsol Honda team to claim his second premier class title. Lorenzo clinched the world championship after rival Dani Pedrosa crashed on the second lap of Sunday’s Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, ending a chance to catch his fellow Spaniard in the final two races of the season. Casey Stoner powered away to win his sixth straight Australian MotoGP, with Lorenzo coming home in second place to claim the main title. “I feel emotional for the toughness and the hard competition,” said Lorenzo. “I needed to be strong and really focused. For this reason I now feel liberated of the weight off my shoulders.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2012.
New world MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo says he feels liberated after winning a season-long battle with the powerful Repsol Honda team to claim his second premier class title. Lorenzo clinched the world championship after rival Dani Pedrosa crashed on the second lap of Sunday’s Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, ending a chance to catch his fellow Spaniard in the final two races of the season. Casey Stoner powered away to win his sixth straight Australian MotoGP, with Lorenzo coming home in second place to claim the main title. “I feel emotional for the toughness and the hard competition,” said Lorenzo. “I needed to be strong and really focused. For this reason I now feel liberated of the weight off my shoulders.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2012.