Great night at the Lorenzo Fan Club’s 4th gala dinner

The traditional dinner of the Jorge Lorenzo Fan Club has once again been a success in attendance. On this occasion, the fourth edition was being held in a special season, with the Mallorcan rider as world champion, so the excitement and desire to share these moments with their idol overflowed the dinner’s capacity.

With almost 300 Spartans signed up, a very fun night was expected, and so it was. As soon as you arrived, you were greeted by two calculators (undoubtedly one of the words Lorenzo heard most during the final part of the championship), so they kept their fans and him company at this gala dinner at the MasCorts restaurant.

But before going in to see his fans, Jorge, as always, attended to the media gathered there, so the questions for the 99 began. After that press moment, he entered a room packed with people, greeted them, posed with his calculators and addressed the followers gathered there, thanking them, as always, for their support.

A long, intense night full of emotions and gifts. As always, the perfect organization on the part of the Fan Club, with fans from all over the world, Italy, Japan and many more countries who did not want to miss this emotional end-of-season event. In addition, we were able to see wonderful people we had already met last year, such as the youngest Spartan, although I think she will lose that title by 2013 because a little brother or sister is on the way.

Below you can see Lorenzo’s statements:

The 2012 season has closed. What was your best and worst moment, and a reflection on the season?

The best was the final result and the consistency we had during almost all the races, except in Holland, which was the worst moment, and in Valencia, the best, with the title already secured. The rest of the time we always finished 1st or 2nd, and that is very difficult to achieve, not only on my part but also thanks to the mechanics, who did not fail in any race.

Did you expect this season?

Well, it looked good. In pre-season it looked very good because we were always very close to Casey, who set the fastest laps, and he set the fastest lap at almost every circuit, but we were very, very close, whereas in 2011 we were always very far behind. So something had changed.

You said Stoner is leaving and Márquez is arriving. Do you think he will be able to keep up the pace over 28 laps at your pace without making a mistake?

Well, I don’t know. It will depend on many things. For example, when I arrived in MotoGP I endured 28 laps in Portugal and won the race, but at other circuits I couldn’t do it due to circumstances, because I didn’t know the category yet, and the Michelin tyres were a bit inconsistent.

I think it’s possible, and that he could even fight for the championship in his first year.

Pedrosa and Honda keep you up at night.

Luckily I’m a great sleeper, I can always sleep. Especially having achieved my dreams. Obviously I would like to win more titles, but if that doesn’t happen I’ll be at peace.

You have your reservations about the bike.

I have few reservations, because I have no idea about mechanics. I do hope the engineers at Yamaha have them. It must be remembered that Honda is a bigger factory than Yamaha, but Yamaha always puts everything on the line to stay at the same level.

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