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to other riders of Honda's feisty
RC213V, which this year only
Marquez has been able to ride
consistently fast. But he felt he
was making progress before the
crashes at Montmelo and Assen.
"I kept working with the team,
thinking it was only a matter of
time. Then, when I was starting
to see the light, came the bad
crash at Montmelo."
After that and the Assen
crash, Lorenzo missed four rac-
es before returning as a shadow
of his former self. His struggles
in the seven races since then
have yielded just six points for
three 14th-place finishes.
Asked what was his best
memory, he said, "I think the
most important was winning
the MotoGP title in Malaysia in
2010—but there were five other
moments: my first win in 125
in Brazil in 2003; the first 250
title in Valencia in 2006; my
first MotoGP win at Estoril in
2008; Assen in 2013, when I did
something incredible [returning
to race to fifth 48 hours after
breaking his collarbone], and the
last title in 2015."
Asked about future plans, he
replied: "I have always said that
life is not only about bikes, but
I didn't think yet what I will do
in the future. I will have a long
vacation somewhere sunny this
winter."
Michael Scott
