Lorenzo to Dovizioso: “I envy myself since I was 250”

Question and answer. Apart from the Christmas atmosphere. Between Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo there has never been good blood and the recent statements of the two add fuel to the fire of their relationship. In a recent interview with Dazn Dovizioso he expressed himself in these terms about Lorenzo: “I don’t understand what problem Jorge has with me: he keeps attacking me in interviews, although in the last two years he has always finished behind me: from the top of his titles maybe they could even avoid it. ” Jorge’s response was immediate and via Instagram with quite decisive terms: “Dovizioso has envied me since the days of 250, we both know that this is a hatred that does not go back to Ducati, but when I accepted Ducati’s call I wanted to give our relationship a chance. ”

Higher salary

Later, in the story, Lorenzo is more precise. “In the first season as Ducati teammates I went to congratulate him under the podium, but in return I only received negative words, even after a fortuitous retirement due to mechanical failure – Jorge’s words -. I understand that it hurt that Ducati decided to bet on a champion and give him a salary 12 times higher than his, but the reality is that I beat him in 250 and nine years of MotoGP, including those in which we rode a Yamaha ”.

The reason is clear

Then we went into the details of his relationships at Ducati: “In the second year with Ducati, as soon as I had a bike that suited my characteristics, I beat him again, even surpassing him in qualifying. Unfortunately, an injury slowed down my process. So, ‘dear’ Andrea, you know well why I don’t like you: not because you hit me in the first year, the acclimatization year, which was also normal, and you know very well that if I had continued driving the Ducati with you like teammate, I would have defeated you. Merry Christmas. ” A nice gift bag, without a doubt.