Jorge Lorenzo: “Valentino Rossi was kind to the cameras - I could not and did not want to do that”
Teammates and rivals Lorenzo and Rossi battled oꦉn and off-track, infamously creating a wall down the centre of their garage to prevent secrets leaking to the other side.
Their differing personalities defined their era of MotoGP - Rossi was characterised as a🍬ffable and lovable, Lorenzo as aloof and co🔴ld.
"For better oꦐr 🎶for worse I always said what I thought", Lorenzo said.
"I was authentic because I had to go out and compete. R🍸ossi knew h🅺ow to be kind to the cameras before going out, while for me it was something I couldn't and didn't want to do.
"There are different types of riders - those who are nicer and get along well with everyone and th🍨ose who are more with the team.
“I🦋🎃 didn't get along very well because I was always working."
Lorenzo ended his career with�꧃� three premier class championships, compared to Rossi’s seven. They each won two world championships with the other as their teammate.
Lorenzo said about retiring from MotoGꦍP: "What I m✤iss most is winning.
💞“I believe that one is born competitive because of genetics or that directly he does not like to compete. I'm very competitive, at school I invented games with my friends to beat them.”
He hated defeat even as a child, he explained: "You ha𒆙ve no other choice, I had to learn when I was 10 years old. Out of 7 races I won 6, but when I didn't win and finished third I didn't even want to get onܫ the podium."
But Lorenzo reveals how age ca🔯n inhibit a rider: "At 20 in the wet I won, but at 30 my 𓃲head stopped my wrist and did not let me give gas because I saw the danger.”
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