FEATURE
P86
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
I
f Ducati has a mantra, it is the word "passion."
It has been repeated frequently in sundry
pronouncements over their 12-year MotoGP
tenure, through good times and bad. It's all
about passion.
And then there is Jorge Lorenzo. Clinical,
studious, level-headed and precise. If there is a
single word to sum up the reigning champion, it
might be "dispassionate."
Now the two are to be married—cold as ice
and hot as flame, both together in the same bed.
There is the matter of a compelling 2016
season to get out of the way first, yet the world
of racing is already agog to see just what sort
of fruit will spring from the loins of this yin-yang
partnership.
There can be no doubt that Lorenzo is, on his
day, the fastest rider in the world. Nor that the
Ducati is the fastest MotoGP bike in the world,
with brute power to spare. Look at the numbers.
JORGE LORENZO'S BIG ADVENTURE
Jorge Lorenzo is going to Ducati,
and not just for the paycheck. It's
his chance to make history and do
something Valentino couldn't—
win on the red bike.
SEEING
RED
