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Lorenzo admits Friday difficulties

3 September 2010

Despite still looking in good shape for the championship, Jorge Lorenzo was unable to cope with the speed of Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso on Friday as the two Repsol men headed the timesheets in first practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.

With fellow countryman Pedrosa his closest challenger in the title race, Lorenzo ended the day a large seven tenths of a second slower.

“Today was quite difficult for us, more so than we expected,” the Yamaha rider confessed. “It's not my physical condition, I feel completely recovered from the hard weekend at Indianapolis, but we really struggled today and I didn't have enough confidence in my bike or in the tyres.

“We have some small problems in braking, corner speed and acceleration so I don't feel like I can ride how I want to at the moment; we are still third, so it's not too bad, but we have some time to make up if we are to match Pedrosa.”

However, despite the large time gap, Jorge is confidence that the margin can be closed up. “I have great confidence that my team will find the right way to improve and I hope we will be in better shape tomorrow,” he concluded.

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