DAZN released “Lorenzo vs Pedrosa” on its platform, a new free content – just by registering on DAZN.com, you can follow it – where MotoGP legends and analysts at DAZN talked to open and openly discuss which was their legendary rivalry of the first decade of this century.
Years after his retirement and shedding the rough edges in his personal relationships, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa They stand face-to-face under the spotlight in a boxing ring and speak candidly about the birth of their rivalry when they competed in the minor categories and how they live it up.
Lorenzo admitted that “I’m very shy and insecure, but I always try to change myself, through books and other means, to change the way I think about positive things. That shyness turned into arrogance and pride, so my fame is deserved.” Furthermore, he added: “I always like arrogant and self-confident characters and I want to be like them: Muhammad Ali, Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mourinho…”
Lorenzo’s personality provoked an immediate rejection of the shy Pedrosa, culminating in the famous episode where the man from Castellar del Vallès refused to greet the Mallorcan.
And so he blames him: “You went to MotoGP and you didn’t speak well about me. “I’m not a fake person, and since I didn’t like you or what you said about me, I wasn’t willing to give you part of me.” Pedrosa was also asked about the moment King Juan Carlos intervened, and he recalled: “I didn’t want to shake your hand, but I was forced. I didn’t feel it.”
Jorge Lorenzo recognizes how bad he is with his rivals: “Many times I wanted to punch a rival, but I couldn’t. “If there were no rules, I would have done it.”
For his part, Pedrosa recalled feeling angry at his rival: “Of course I hate you. We knew each other since we were fourteen years old and since that moment there was a very strong and ‘crescendo’ rivalry. “I can’t deny that my direct rival and my motivation is you.”
The Spaniard has always had a very marked personality: “I get very frustrated when things don’t go as I imagined and the team does not contribute what I expect. I was frustrated and very difficult to work with.” That character did not calm down from the track, which also left its mark on the track: “I had a very difficult situation in life, where I had to take the bull by the horns, turn it around and kill it .. With my father (Chicho Lorenzo), (Dani) Amatriain, Marcos (Hirsch), when I exploded in Japan…”
Pedrosa had a long career as a Honda driver. However, he acknowledged what was the closest time he left for another factory: “I was very close to signing with Yamaha in 2017, when you left Yamaha and went to Ducati. There was an attempt to choose Viñales or me, and since I’m your rival I want to get your motorcycle because of its features, I want to see myself riding one. That time is the closest to me.”
In addition to acknowledging that he is convinced that both the current generation of MotoGP will be defeated, Pedrosa confirmed where he believes the future of the World Championship lies: “I will remove all aerodynamics and curve exit aids to really see the great I hope that in 2050 the number of fans will increase and the races will be more spectacular.
Source: La Verdad
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