Jorge Lorenzo took his second pole position in his second MotoGP race at Jerez, smashing the lap record with an impressive time of 1'38.189 (the previous record was 1'39.064 in 2006 by Loris Capirossi with the 990cc bike)Then, amazing start for this arrogant guy in his first season in MotoGP. I don't want to demerit him. Of course, JL is a double World Champion 250cc, and he won convincingly the two championships. Honestly, I think he is a big racer. However, there are other reasons, in my opinion, which explain this start.
First of all, his unquestionable talent to drive a bike. Of course.
Second of all, the 2008 YZR-M1. Yamaha has four riders in MotoGP, three of them are in the Jerez Qualifying Practice Top 5. They might have been four, but Toseland was suffering the flu for days. In the last grand prix, three of them were in the QP Top 3, and all were in the Race Top 7. Apparently, the electronic in the current YZR-M1 has improved a lot during the winter.
Finally, his teammate is "Il Dottore", the seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi. I know... you could say that the doctor is finished (I don't think so, maybe choosing Bridgestone was a mistake). But, be in the same team as VR gives you great benefits, for instance, you can take a deep look at Rossi telemetry data. JL did it to fix some problems (i.e. he braked ten meters late).
Anyway, what I want to say is that tomorrow we are going to have a big race. I totally sure about. A big fight against two irreconcilable enemies: Jorge Lorenzo vs Dani Pedrosa.
