Lorenzo: “We need to stay focused”

Jorge Lorenzo believes that he needs to stay focused after finishing third in today’s Austrian GP.

Lorenzo, who has struggled for form recently, finally got back on the podium and in the process cut the gap between him and Marc Marquez in the world championship standings.

The result means that Lorenzo now sits 43 points behind the championship leader, meaning that the Spaniard has it all to do if he wants to defend his World Championship that he won last year in dramatic fashion.

Speaking after the race, Lorenzo was pleased with his result, especially after not setting the world alight in the practice and qualifying sessions.

He said “Honestly, when you have one or two challenging races like me, finishing in third place is not the same as a victory, but it almost feels the same because our rivals were almost in another world during the test and throughout the weekend, in qualifying and also the second part of the race.

To finally finish in third place just three seconds from the winner is a great result and we are very satisfied with the work we did on the bike and the concentration I kept during the race with the rear tyre moving a lot in the last part.”

He also believes that he is still in the title race, but he will need some luck if he wants to add to his title haul.

“I’m very happy and we should keep working, we recovered some points to Marc and it’s important for the championship. Anything can happen like we saw yesterday. Marc crashed and almost got seriously injured. We need to stay focused and have some luck and wait.”