        It&rsquo;s now confirmed that Marc Marquez will miss the third round of the season in Argentina (here, his doctor&rsquo;s comments), after a terrifying crash in Indonesia that has left him dealing once again with diplopia. The Spaniard is therefore forced to rest up again, causing many to comment on the current situation, not least Chicho Lorenzo, the father of former rider Jorge. Lorenzo: "He&rsquo;s spent the last two years on the sofa..."  On his YouTube channel, Motogepeando, Lorenzo admits: &ldquo;I was very interested to find out whether we&rsquo;d see a new Marc, something he himself alluded to on more than one occasion. But that wasn&rsquo;t the case in the end&rdquo;. According to Lorenzo, the Honda rider has not learned his lesson: &ldquo;Look how many times he&rsquo;s crashed over two rounds, not to mention that fact that he didn&rsquo;t even race in one of them. He&rsquo;s had time to reflect, he&rsquo;s spent two years on the sofa watching the racing. But despite all those hours, there&rsquo;s been no change&hellip;&rdquo; Lorenzo agrees with Cadalora&rsquo;s theory  Marquez returned to the track in February, having not ridden his Honda since last October and Lorenzo senior asks: &ldquo;Does he have a new strategy? It doesn&rsquo;t look like it. It looks the same &ndash; head out on track and attack. In 2021, Luca Cadalora said that all sportspersons have a period in which everything is working well and luck is on their side, just look at all those times Marc crashed and was never hurt. And then suddenly things change and events begin to get in the way of the results. I still think Luca is right, the great champion and former rider that he is&rdquo;. And now, with his injury, Marquez will lose even more precious time in terms of adapting to, and developing the bike: &ldquo;In the meantime, his rivals carry on working, improving their performance, but he can&rsquo;t, and it is he who needs it most because he&rsquo;s having more trouble understanding his new bike than other riders&rdquo;. Lastly, Lorenzo senior remarks: &ldquo;Now I ask myself - is Marc in decline?&rdquo; No one can answer this for now, but we may have a clearer idea in the coming months. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP: Jack Miller set to wed girlfriend Ruby       

The father of the five-time champion comments on the Spaniard&rsquo;s current situation, the rider now forced to miss the Argentinian GP

Chicho Lorenzo: “Marc Marquez? Luca Cadalora was right”

        Next weekend marks the return of MotoGP after the long summer break, and so too the return of Chicho Lorenzo, with his regular segment on YouTube channel &lsquo;Motogepeando&rsquo;. This week&rsquo;s topic is, once again, Joan Mir and his less than convincing season as current world champion. Following his 2020 title win, Mir currently lies fourth in the standings with 101 points and three podiums to his name, but no wins. The number 36 rider&rsquo;s weak point continues to be qualifying, something of an Achilles&rsquo; heel for the Suzuki rider since his arrival in the top class. "Mir is not explosive over the flying lap"  Lorenzo Senior remarks: &ldquo;At the start of the season we said that Joan needed to improve on his weak point &ndash; his starts, and particularly his grid position. He recovers well but can&rsquo;t reach the riders up front, even if he makes up three or four positions. I&rsquo;d like to see an improvement there&rdquo;. A problem that Chicho believes the world champion has always struggled with. &ldquo;There is one thing to consider &ndash; the great champions who come to MotoGP have had issues moving up to the bigger engine. When you move up to MotoGP you come up against the best of Moto3 and Moto2. So while your weak points might have been somewhat hidden in the minor classes, they become important in MotoGP&rdquo;. &ldquo;Joan is not explosive over the flying lap, if he were he&rsquo;d score more pole positions and front row starts. This wasn&rsquo;t a problem in Moto3 because you can reach the podium or even win from 20th position there. In Moto2 yes, but when you come to MotoGP it&rsquo;s worse. How can you resolve it? Well you need to focus on becoming explosive over the flying lap, by working at it&rdquo;. The example of Pedrosa, Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo  But the great champions need to be able to correct their defects, and it is here that Lorenzo takes a first shot at Mir. &ldquo;Dani Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Stoner were all riders who had to improve on their weak points, issues that hadn&rsquo;t mattered as much in other categories. One key aspect of being a great champion is being able to solve your problems&rdquo;, opines Chicho. &ldquo;There are others who stay in the same category for ten, fifteen years and solve nothing, they remain the same from start to finish, with the same weaknesses and the same strengths&rdquo;. &ldquo;One of the great qualities of a champion is the ability to work on their weak points, to strengthen them. Look at Jorge Lorenzo &ndash; his starts were his weak point and he turned them into his strength. And then there's Randy Mamola &ndash; he was terrible in the wet but became the best rider of his generation in those conditions&rdquo;, explains the Majorcan, before taking another shot at the Suzuki rider. "Marquez has never complained about the bike"  &ldquo;If Lorenzo and Pedrosa hadn&rsquo;t improved on their weak points, would they be the champions they are today? No. And we&rsquo;ve not mentioned Marc Marquez - he&rsquo;s a great problem-solver. I&rsquo;ve watched him change his style completely, from being aggressive to much more refined when the bike wasn&rsquo;t working for him. When has Marquez complained about his bike? Never, this is one of the strengths of a real champion.&rdquo; Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Valentino Rossi: &ldquo;The Red Bull Ring doesn't play to our strengths&rdquo;       

In his weekly column, Chicho Lorenzo highlights the Majorcan&rsquo;s weaknesses, underlining how &ldquo;riders like Jorge Lorenzo and Pedrosa wouldn&rsquo;t have become great champions if they hadn&rsquo;t worked on their defects"

MotoGP, Lorenzo Sr. offends Mir: “Champions know how to correct their defects”

        In the life of all athletes, there&rsquo;s a before and an after, and Jorge Lorenzo has been enjoying his new life as a former rider since last year. The Majorcan has definitively cut the cord with the motorcycling world and is enjoying life at his home in Lugano, relaxing and taking on new professional commitments. A new and happy life  Interviewed for the &ldquo;Espejo P&uacute;blico&rdquo; show, Lorenzo has admitted that, having hung up his helmet, his quality of life has improved: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happier now than when I raced. I&rsquo;m a perfectionist and so when I do something, I do it to the nth degree. I would spend all day thinking how to improve, I&rsquo;d spend 6 or 7 hours a day training&rdquo;. But some sensations are hard to come by now: &ldquo;I miss winning. I preferred winning to riding&rdquo;. From father to son  His career began thanks to father Chicho, with whom he had a stormy relationship until not so long ago. The 34-year old comments: &ldquo;He was the one who got me into this world, this was his passion. He built me a bike for my first race when I was three. He was like a sergeant, a Hitler-type, like one of those trainers working with Chinese or Russian gymnasts. He taught me many important values, like discipline, and that nothing happens by chance&rdquo;. And if he himself were to become a father? He is clear on this: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d do all I could to ensure he didn&rsquo;t become a rider&rdquo;. Honda chapter  He ran his last races wearing the colours of one of the most prestigious teams, Repsol Honda, but the 2019 season was an uphill climb right from the off: &ldquo;It was very emotional, people talked about the Dream Team, with me and Marquez, we were the two riders who had won the most during the previous ten years. But I broke my scaphoid over the winter, and then a rib in the first race, I didn&rsquo;t adapt to the bike, the Honda was a surprisingly complicated machine and the results didn&rsquo;t come. I wasn&rsquo;t able to hold on, despite having another year on my contract&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP Germany, Rossi keen to re-emerge at the Sachsenring       

The Majorcan talks about what he misses about his life as a rider, about the discipline his father taught him and about the toughest moment of his career with Honda

MotoGP, Lorenzo on father Chicho: “He was like a sergeant, like Hitler”

In his regular YouTube show, Chicho Lorenzo analyses some of the key moments of the latest Barcelona MotoGP round. Lorenzo Senior has something to say about everyone, starting with the teams that protested about what happened to Fabio Quartararo in the race, the rider completing the final laps with his leathers undone.  Quartararo&rsquo;s zip   &quot;The only explanation for what happened to Quartararo is that the zip opened. We saw him remove his chest protector, but we need to know why&rdquo;, analyses the Majorcan. Chicho didn&rsquo;t appreciate the protests of those who complained to Race Direction: &ldquo;It definitely wasn&rsquo;t a nice gesture on the part of those who went to protest&rdquo;.  Maverick Vinales and Miguel Oliveira   While Quartararo can console himself with the championship lead, the same can&rsquo;t be said of Maverick Vinales, fast during Monday&rsquo;s test but off the pace in the race. And the arrival of Silvano Galbusera in the role of crew chief is yet to have an effect: &quot;When there&rsquo;s no pressure, Maverick works very well. But what happens? What do you do to solve the problem? Trust in a new crew chief? Complain about the tyre? If Yamaha has invested so much in the bike and is so keen to have it working, it won&rsquo;t want to turn things upside down&rdquo;.  His final comment regards Barcelona race winner Miguel Oliveira. &quot;It struck me when Quartararo passed him, in that Miguel stayed there in his slipstream until he was able to get back past him and break away. There&rsquo;s nothing more destructive psychologically than being re-overtaken by your rival after trying to make a break for it. And yet he resisted&quot;, concludes Lorenzo.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Dovizioso on Rossi: &ldquo;Retiring isn&#39;t necessarily negative&rdquo; 

Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father analyses what happened at the Catalunya GP, from the protests certain teams made about Quartararo&rsquo;s suit to Maverick Vinales&rsquo; situation, without forgetting Miguel Oliveira

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Not a nice gesture to protest against Quartararo&rdquo;

        Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso, followed by Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and, most recently, Davide Brivio. In recent weeks, several MotoGP names have come under the scrutiny of Chicho Lorenzo, Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father, who is gaining popularity with his Youtube channel &ldquo;Motogepeando&rdquo;. His latest comments relate to KTM, but also Danilo Petrucci. Is the new Tech3 KTM rider in for Chicho&rsquo;s praise? Will KTM be able to evolve?  Jorge&rsquo;s father starts by analysing the KTM situation, referring to the Austrian manufacturer as &ldquo;the brand that surprised us the most last season&rdquo;. But the real question is: &ldquo;Will they be able to develop their prototype to the point of being able to win the world title?&rdquo; &ldquo;Winning a championship - muses Chicho - will depend a lot more on KTM than on its riders. They are really evolving and closing in on the Japanese&rdquo;. MotoGP: KTM has all it needs to aim for the title A look at the KTM riders  And as for riders, 2021 will see the orange brand counting on Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira on the factory team, and&nbsp;Iker Lecuona and Danilo Petrucci in the Tech 3 garage. Chicho Lorenzo considers each in turn: &ldquo;Binder has a similar personality to test rider Kallio, he&rsquo;s quick and has shown that he can win. Miguel Oliveira has lifted the weight of never having won a race by winning two. It would be great to see him fighting for the title in Portugal. Iker Lecuona has come to MotoGP very quickly and needs to take things slowly&rdquo;. And Danilo Petrucci? &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a very inconsistent rider, despite having been able to score some great results&rdquo;. Dani the best test rider for KTM  So who can &ldquo;save&rdquo; KTM, or rather enable them to achieve even more solid results? Chicho Lorenzo has no doubts: &ldquo;Test rider Dani Pedrosa is ideal - he concludes - because he&rsquo;s a technical rider and that&rsquo;s what KTM needs. He has many years of experience and his size and weight mean that he knows how to balance the bike and really understand it&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Jorge beat Rossi in Yamaha despite the wall&rdquo;       

Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father, a well-known face on YouTube, considers the Austrian manufacturer and its 2021 line-up, without making concessions for Petrucci: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a very inconsistent rider"

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo is certain: “the title will depend more on KTM than on its riders”

        Davide Brivio&rsquo;s departure from Suzuki has been a hot topic in recent days and Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father Chicho Lorenzo was keen to voice his opinion on his Youtube channel &ldquo;Motogepeando&rdquo;. As well as talking about Brivio, Chicho Lorenzo also expressed his views about the future of Valentino Rossi and his future team in the reigning class. &ldquo;He leaves MotoGP a winner&rdquo;  &ldquo;Brivio&rsquo;s decision is not just about money, it takes more than that,&nbsp;passion for example&rdquo;, states Jorge&rsquo;s father. Chicho Lorenzo is referring to the decision made by Davide Brivio having won the world title with Joan Mir and team Suzuki. He will move to Formula 1 with team Alpine in 2021. &ldquo;If he decides to return to MotoGP one day, the door will be wide open for him", continues Chicho in his video. "His career has gone from strength to strength and he went from applying stickers to winning world titles and experiencing real success like with Valentino Rossi, and becoming Suzuki team principal. Having said that, I have no doubt that he&rsquo;ll be successful and revolutionise the sport in F1 too&rdquo;. MotoGP, Schwantz: &ldquo;Brivio's position is not an easy one to inherit&rdquo; &ldquo;Rossi? I can&rsquo;t see him moving far from Yamaha&rdquo;  What will happen at Suzuki now that Brivio has gone? That remains to be seen, and Chicho Lorenzo considers not only the remaining riders, or rather Joan Mir and Alex Rins, but also the satellite team expected in 2022: &ldquo;Who will accept the challenge now? Time will tell. What&rsquo;s clear is that it will take someone who knows how to motivate the riders but also manage them. As for the satellite team, I think Razlan (Razali) might bring a lot of money to Suzuki. Valentino Rossi? I can&rsquo;t imagine him outside of Yamaha&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Jorge beat Rossi in Yamaha despite the wall&rdquo;       

Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father also talks about the future of Suzuki and its satellite team: &ldquo;I don't see Rossi leaving Yamaha. Petronas? It would bring a lot of money&rdquo;

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: “Brivio will be successful in Formula 1 too”

Via his YouTube channel Motogepeando, Chicho Lorenzo is once again pointing the finger at members of the MotoGP paddock. And who is his target this team? None other than the Yamaha team and Valentino Rossi during the period in which he put up a wall inside the blue garage. On the other side was Chicho&#39;s son Jorge...  &ldquo;Yamaha looked ridiculous&rdquo;   &ldquo;The Yamaha numbers are disappointing &ndash; comments Chicho Lorenzo &ndash; Over the last three years, the factory team has won four races. This year the official team won just one race, while the satellite team won six with two riders like Quartararo and Morbidelli, or rather riders without great experience. It cannot be that a satellite team, with less means, experience and support from Yamaha, has won more than the factory team with its veteran riders&rdquo;.  After saying his piece re the Iwata manufacturer&rsquo;s performance, Chicho Lorenzo continues to lambast the factory team with some hard-hitting words: &ldquo;The most important work Yamaha has done all year is justify the lack of results to the Japanese. It would have been easier to simply transfer the Petronas riders to the factory team. This year Yamaha has looked ridiculous with its factory team. They need fresh blood, new people with ideas and the will to succeed&rdquo;.&nbsp;  &ldquo;Jorge beat Rossi on track&rdquo;   Jorge&rsquo;s father then goes on to speak about his son, and his nine-year stint in the Yamaha garage as well as his move to Ducati: &ldquo;With the Yamaha, my son changed his references, doing everything differently in order to open the throttle earlier. He would brake a little earlier and get on the throttle already through the turn. With the Ducati this wasn&rsquo;t possible, so when he moved there he had to change his riding style. It&rsquo;s not easy to change your riding after nine years on the Yamaha&rdquo;.  Lastly, he refers to the problems in the garage with Valentino Rossi: &ldquo;What Rossi tried to do was wage a psychological war with Jorge &ndash; he concludes - in every possible way. He even put up a wall. But Jorge didn&rsquo;t care about any of that, because he beat him on track&rdquo;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Lorenzo: &ldquo;Trying to return had serious consequences for Marquez&rdquo; 

Lorenzo&rsquo;s father talks about the years in which his son and Valentino were in the Yamaha garage together: &ldquo;Rossi tried to wage a psychological war with Jorge&rdquo;

Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Jorge beat Rossi in Yamaha despite the wall&rdquo;

        Chicho Lorenzo continues with his weekly series on his YouTube channel, Motogepeando. His latest topic is Marc Marquez, and his recovery following the injury to his right arm. Jorge&rsquo;s father considers the Spanish champion&rsquo;s future: "Let's say his recovery goes well and he&rsquo;s able to get back in shape in reasonable time to return next year, will he still be the same? In an interview with DAZN, Marc said yes. He says he wants to come back and will do so when he&rsquo;s able take risks again, as risk is part of his DNA, and that he'll come back when he can take on risks as he did before", analyses Chicho. "I&rsquo;m very curious because Marquez has an exceptional character. But on the other hand, there&rsquo;s a lot going on, one thing after another". Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Rossi? He must have real reasons to continue racing&rdquo; Continual setbacks  Marc Marquez has undergone a third operation to his injured arm, has only recently been discharged from hospital in Madrid, and his recovery time remains uncertain: "There are some real twists, one surprise after another, a series of unexpected things. We need to remain optimistic and hope that it all goes well and that Marc can return&rdquo;. Chicho Lorenzo makes a comparison with Freddie Spencer: "I hope everything is soon resolved and we don&rsquo;t have a similar situation to what we saw with Freddie Spencer. Freddie was the last rider to win two titles in the same year, the 500 and the 250. He was at the height of his career and then the next year he had forearm problems and compartmental syndrome&rdquo;. "If he doesn&rsquo;t return, I&rsquo;d keep Bradl"  If Marquez cannot return, who might replace him? "The truth is it won&rsquo;t be easy", continues Chicho. "I&rsquo;d leave Bradl. Jorge was winning with the Ducati when he moved to Honda and he had problems, if Dovizioso already has problems in Ducati, what would happen if he went to Honda? If I were Honda, I&rsquo;d leave Alex Marquez or Stefan Bradl". Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP: who will replace Marc Marquez? Dovizioso the right man       

Jorge Lorenzo&rsquo;s father analyses Marc Marquez&rsquo;s situation following a third surgery on his right humerus

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: “We hope Marquez doesn’t go the way of Freddie Spencer”

Chicho Lorenzo, the well-known father of five-time world champion Jorge, has published a new video on his YouTube channel, Motogepeando. The topic of the week is Valentino Rossi.  Chicho analyses the decisions made by Rossi. The Doctor will continue to race in 2021, at 42 years of age and up against some much younger rivals. &quot;He must have a real reason to continue racing&quot;, comments the Majorcan. &ldquo;Racing with his brother, being on track together with him might be what pushes him to continue. Perhaps because he hasn&rsquo;t yet organised his own team. He has a future with the Academy, his teams in Moto2 and Moto3 and he&rsquo;ll have a team in MotoGP&quot;.  Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Rossi&#39;s rivals weren&#39;t really rivals&rdquo;  The consequences of the 2020 crashes   Rossi will be keen to make up for a disappointing 2020, his worst ever MotoGP season. &ldquo;Those three crashes he suffered in three consecutive races are hard to swallow. One characteristic that forms a part of Valentino Rossi&rsquo;s very DNA is his ability to pull off miracles in the race, even if practice goes badly&rdquo;.  A miracle that never came in recent races, particularly at the final Portuguese round. &ldquo;At the new tracks, in this case Portimao, he suffered a lot&rdquo;, continues Chicho. &ldquo;One of his weak points is now the battle at the end of the race, something that used to be a strength of his&quot;.  This turnaround might have something to do with this year&rsquo;s crashes: &ldquo;I think those three mistakes have unconsciously taken him to a safety zone that tells him not to take risks&quot;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Rossi-Petronas: the final chapter in a long film 

The Majorcan analyses the choices of the nine-time champion in his weekly video

Chicho Lorenzo: &ldquo;Rossi? He must have real reasons to continue racing&rdquo;

        Chicho Lorenzo, father of five-time world champion Jorge, talks Joan Mir and the title won by the Suzuki rider this year, as well as offering insight into Valentino Rossi. A few days ago, Mir and Chicho had a bit of a virtual back and forth, but Jorge&rsquo;s dad has only good words for the Spaniard: "We have a good relationship, despite those around him trying to tarnish that by saying &lsquo;look what Lorenzo&rsquo;s dad is saying&rsquo;, I&rsquo;m sure that our relationship will go on in the same way when we next see each other&rdquo;, comments Chicho on his YouTube channel, Motogepeando. Chicho&rsquo;s efforts to bring motorcycling to Majorca  Chicho Lorenzo says that he&rsquo;s achieved all his dreams, helping not only his son Jorge but also other young Majorcan talents to aim high: &ldquo;They said my project was just down to chance, they didn&rsquo;t appreciate my work as a coach. So I decided to train a new generation of champions. Ten years ago, I had many enemies, like the Federation of the Balearics, which would do everything to hinder me&rdquo;. These youngsters include Joan Mir: &ldquo;After thirteen years, from 2007 to 2020, we find that there are three GP riders who started with me. The only thing I take credit for is that Mir was able to start in this sport because I brought motorcycling closer to Majorca. That's the only thing I can take credit for. Joan Mir is where he is due to his immense talent. That&rsquo;s nothing to do with me&rdquo;. MotoGP, Mir: &ldquo;We've written history with Suzuki&rdquo; "I&rsquo;d like Joan to be a great champion, but I have my doubts"  At the same time, Chicho Lorenzo is unsure as to Mir&rsquo;s future: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like him to be a great champion, but I have my doubts. This year was a chaotic one, with many winners. Three riders won more races than Mir, but this didn&rsquo;t help them become champion. Joan&rsquo;s biggest problem is that he never set pole or even a front row start, scoring just two podiums. As a two-time world champion, this might be his weak point&rdquo;. Mir, Rossi and the value of rivals  Chicho Lorenzo reflects on the importance of the rivals a rider meets throughout his career, starting with Valentino Rossi and also in reference to Mir: &ldquo;Rossi inherited his bike, team and rivals from Doohan. How many consecutive championships did Rossi win? He won so much because those rivals weren&rsquo;t really rivals, they weren&rsquo;t great rivals. But once young guys like Stoner, Pedrosa or Lorenzo, and then Marquez arrived on the scene, what happened to Rossi?&rdquo; In 2021 Mir will be up against Marc Marquez, as long as the Honda rider is able to recover from his injury: &ldquo;What rivals will Mir face next year? One in particular, but we need to see what shape Marc Marquez will be in. As for this year&rsquo;s rivals, Joan Mir was on equal terms and able to beat them. What effect will winning the 2020 championship have on Mir and on his confidence? He now knows how to be a winning rider who can battle it out against anyone&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP 2020, Valentino Rossi&rsquo;s annus horribilis       

Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi, his great work to train new riders from Majorca: Jorge&rsquo;s father covers many topics on his YouTube channel

10 risultati per 'EN chicho'

Chicho Lorenzo: “Marc Marquez? Luca Cadalora was right”

MotoGP, Lorenzo Sr. offends Mir: “Champions know how to correct their defects”

MotoGP, Lorenzo on father Chicho: “He was like a sergeant, like Hitler”

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: “Not a nice gesture to protest against Quartararo”

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo is certain: “the title will depend more on KTM than on its riders”

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: “Brivio will be successful in Formula 1 too”

Chicho Lorenzo: “Jorge beat Rossi in Yamaha despite the wall”

MotoGP, Chicho Lorenzo: “We hope Marquez doesn’t go the way of Freddie Spencer”

Chicho Lorenzo: “Rossi? He must have real reasons to continue racing”

Chicho Lorenzo: “Rossi’s rivals weren’t really rivals”