Lorenzo aiming for podium at home race

 In MotoGP, News

The MotoGP paddock heads to Barcelona this week for the Grand Prix of Catalunya at the Montmeló circuit in Spain. Round five of the 2011 Championship, the second on Spanish soil this season, sees 2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo ready and prepared to defend his Championship lead in front of his home Catalan crowd. His last visit to the circuit proved a victorious one in 2010 with a decisive victory taken from pole. The Mallorcan born rider saw his points tally extended to 78 two weeks ago during an incident packed round four in France, he now leads closest rival Casey Stoner by 12 points.

The main grandstand at The Circuit de Catalunya sits over one of the longest main straights in the world; delighting the always capacity crowd with an unrivalled view of the action over the race weekend. The crews of Lorenzo and Spies will be focused on delivering their riders with the optimum chassis balance and front-end feel in their hunt for the perfect set-up for the circuit. These are needed to cope with the long radius and medium and high-speed sweeping corners, not forgetting the two tight left-hand hairpins and various camber changes.

Jorge Lorenzo: “We are now going straight to Montmeló and we don’t even need to take a plane. It is amazing! I am so happy to be here, the closest track to my home. I remember last year’s victory and also those in my 250cc days. This is a fast track with high speed and slow corners. It is the second race in Spain and I would like to be as fit as in Jerez. I know it’s going to be tough; we need to improve a lot because our competitors are very strong and my finger is still recovering from the Le Mans warm up crash. Our aim in this GP will be the podium. We should be focused from Friday on, and I am quite confident that the team is ready to fight, as usual.”

Wilco Zeelenberg: “I’m quite happy to go to Barcelona as there will be a fantastic atmosphere there after they won the Champions League! It’s also a special race for Jorge as it’s his home race. We’ve been missing a little bit of pace so it’s a good moment to make a strong statement for the first of these back to back races to see if we can make a difference here.”

Massimo Meregalli: “We have been looking forward to this weekend to get back to the action and show what we are capable of. This is Jorge’s home track so the expectations are high and his results here have been good for the last couple of years. The team are in confident mood and we are impatient for Friday morning to get started on track.”

Source: Yamaha Racing

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