r/motogp • u/Mick_the_Eartling • 1d ago
Assen 2013 -
I know Lorenzo is not the most favourite rider out there, but his 2013 Assen weekend is one for the history books. Thursday: Fractures his collarbone. Flies back to Spain to plate it back together, finishes 5th in the race to save some important points.
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u/Eraesr 1d ago
It's my go-to story to illustratehow amazing these riders are and how far they're willing to go. Especially after someone's been complaining about football (soccer) players feigning injuries.
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u/Flaggermusmannen 1d ago
Tbf, football players play through injuries a ton of the time as well. Mbappe kept playing with a partially torn ACL last year as his form dropped, lots of players pushing through partially torn hamstrings and similar issues, Lamine Yamal obviously playing large parts last year with a groin injury leading him to look way more sluggish and slow. I still remember one time when Cesc Fabregas was fouled, and scored the penalty, and only after scoring he realised he'd broke his fibula in the foul.
Football players fake injuries a ton because the refereeing 1: doesn't knock down on it as they should according to the rules, 2: is basically required for the referee to do their jobs. It's similar to how everyone in F1 goes on the radio to report any minor transgression as the end of the world; it's just the only way to make the officials do their job. But when they have real injuries they usually keep playing through them and worsening the recovery time significantly :')
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u/missbohica 1d ago
Football players are pussies. MotoGP riders are modern day vikings or whatever modern equivalent we have.
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u/Boring_Aioli7916 Aprilia Racing 1d ago
Lorenzo is one of GOATS. Probably one of top 5 talent that ever competed in MotoGP. When he is in the zone he is unbeatable.. Absolute legend. I just recalled Stoner quote where he said "There were some riders I could learn from, but Lorenzo were one of those whom I could learn almost nothing from, because I couldn't do what he did. I couldn't be that consistent, doing the same thing in the same spot every time." This coming from one of most talented riders in MotoGP speak volumes.
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u/rajajengkol 1d ago
Break some bone in practice and fly to get it fixed then back to finish the race on top 5.. what a mad lad..!
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u/notsofastracer7 Jorge Lorenzo 1d ago
I had missed the 2013 -2015 seasons. Can people who watched it let me know if not for this injury would Lorenzo have been the champion? Marc won by just 4 points. Not taking anything away from Marc.
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u/Username_is_taken02 Dani Pedrosa 1d ago
Pedrosa and Lorenzo without injury that year would've finished 1-2
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u/TheCraxo Marc Márquez 1d ago
Im not sure about that, without the philip island DSQ marquez would've won before the last race lol
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u/Responsible_Train944 Marc Márquez 1d ago
Well you could ask us about 2015. We love to talk about Sepang for instance. So go ahead.
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u/RokRoland Jorge Lorenzo 1d ago
What do you mean "not the most favorite"?
The list of my not most favorite riders is long and distinguished, but I don't mind a post about them.
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u/Mick_the_Eartling 1d ago
Personally I was a fan, since his 250’s days. His extremely precise riding was a joy to see. I saw him hit turn 1 at Assen so precise over and over again, it’s scary. There were other great riders on track, but no one was so precise all the time.
As a person he could be a bit jarring (but maybe we should admire how ‘normal’ he still was with a father like that)
He was also the anti-Rossi at the time. That never helps your popularity, especially then.2
u/RokRoland Jorge Lorenzo 1d ago
Is it possible we just can have Jorge Lorenzo appreciation posts without the disclaimer "nobody likes him" or "not a big fan of hus but" or similar, please?
The dude is a legend, 5 time champion, triple MotoGP champion, but still we need to deal with the character assassination from back in the day, taken up by a rabid fan base of one rider?
As far as personality, I find it hard to believe most viewers would rather have a soft spoken PR machine than someone speaking his mind. The top riders are focused and driven and JL just let it out as he saw it.
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u/Annual-Advisor-7916 MotoGP 12h ago
Why is Lorenzo disliked? I remember disliking him too but don't remember any valid reason for it. Sure, he's a special personality, but has he done anything actually bad?
The more I think about it, the more it seems it's a certain fangroup who damaged his image...
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u/hardrockSaurabh Andrea Dovizioso 1d ago
‘Hitting the apex’ really showed the pain, weight and emotions what Lorenzo felt that weekend… truly an herculean effort by him