Suzuki Targeting Lorenzo To Replace Iannone

Maybe finally Suzuki can be a competitor. Ready for both Suzuki and Lorenzo to get back in the fight.


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If whoregay goes to Suzuki next year then I may, just may have to cheer for the sumbitch. I think he and Rins would be a good team but I would try my best to get Cargo if I were Brevido

 

Y’all act like Suzuki can even afford his butler. Lol.

They got their cards maxed out with AI and Rins. And that limit is like $2500 cash.

 

Suzuki doesn’t want to invest in a championship caliber rider


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If Ducati relegates JL to #2, and drastically cuts his pay, being #1 at Suzuki will look very tempting. Even more so if he does fuck all with the Ducati.

 

I almost wonder if his demeanor wouldn’t let him. Meaning that he would retire before getting paid shit.

I don’t think he’s like Rossi and Mm And genuinely loves to race. I think he might be more like stoner and consider this an actual job.

 

Whole lotta people said that last year too.

 

I just don’t get Suzuki and never have. Why do they bother if they won’t commit the resources to win? Yeah I know they don’t have the lawnmower, piano, or cigarette money like their competitors, but finishing in the doldrums can’t be good for the brand. Does Suzuki not want to invest more in winning or do they just plain not have the money? The Zook looks to be a great bike, but by not investing in the program it’s kind of like if the Air Force had F22s, then not maintained them, and hired third rate pilots to fly them. Suzuki looks like they engineer damned good MotoGP bikes but if you don’t invest in everything else to make it successful it won’t work.

 

I don’t think it’s about the money per se. More so that how much he commands is a point of pride for him. Not that he wants the money to buy 1000 lambos. He just wants to be able to legitimately say he can buy 1000 lambos. I believe for George it’s the pride and legacy that he wants. I think he might trade getting paid a lot of money to win again because he wants to be remembered as someone who led a factory and was responsible for their success. He wanted to be to another factory what Valentino was to Yamaha.

Lorenzo has a big ass ego, no way he stays at Ducati if he can’t win there no matter what they’re paying him. Which is liable to be much less now. He also hates Valentino with a passion, I think dude would gladly trade some Ducati ducats to beat Rossi.

 

The only reason I think they can get him is because the other options suck more than the pay cut.

KTM? Can pay him but probably don’t want him and they don’t yet have a winning package.

Honda? Can pay him but probably don’t want him and he’d have to play second fiddle to Marky Mark.

Yamaha? No room at the inn, only way back would involve crawling back and setting up some kind of second less than factory team deal to play second fiddle to Valentino again.

Aprilia? Can’t pay him and don’t have a winning package.

Suzuki? Would like to have him, can’t pay him, but the bike looks like it can win.

Zook is the least bad option.

 

Who said he’s not pushing the limit? Looks like he is and he just sucks ass at riding Ducatis. I don’t think dude has given up. He just doesn’t seem to have it in him to ride a Ducati as fast as the other guys. Jorge wants to win badly I’m sure but sometimes shit just doesn’t work out.

I firmly believe he can still win regularly on the right bike. He hasn’t suddenly lost his skill.

 

Which Lorenzo no longer is

 

Yeah, JLo certainly gets sponsors revved up. Remember what happened last time he was a teams A-rider?

 

Rumor was that Suzuki offered Vinales $4MM per year to stay before he signed with Yamaha.

That's more that Lorenzo is currently worth, so I don't think they'll have a problem affording him if they want him.

 

So you feel that Lorenzo isn’t capable of being the rider he was in the past with a capable machine?


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Lorenzo to Suzuki will be exactly like Capirossi when he went from Ducati to Suzuki. "I'm gonna do just enough to ride this into retirement".

No thanks. (And I think Capirossi is the coolest cat in the paddock, still.)

 

Wow, I hope not lol


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Agreed.


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Agreed


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I do remember. I remember that Monster was so petrified that Lorenzo would continue to beat Rossi they bought out Lorenzo's Rockstar contract.