20-year-old MotoGP rookie Jorge Lorenzo heads to Shanghai in joint lead of the 2008 world championship, after his debut victory last time out in Estoril, and expects to be in ‘perfect shape’ to defend his perfect pole and podium record at round four after recent arm surgery.
“Each day I am feeling better after my operation; I feel great and I think the recovery is going very well, without problems. I am going to China in perfect shape,” he declared.
“I am calm because I am realising a dream and for me the target for the season has already been reached,” revealed the young Spaniard, equal on points with arch-rival Dani Pedrosa. “Now we must continue to work like this and I have to concentrate on the next race.”
“I have had mixed fortunes in China - I had many problems in 2006 and I couldn’t finish but last year I won and it made the championship easier because it took me to 95 points after only four races,” recalled Jorge. “Shanghai is a modern track with a long straight, fast corners and big braking areas. It is the second circuit where I’ve never ridden in MotoGP so I don’t know what my performance will be like here but I was very comfortable at this track in 250cc, so I hope it will be the same on May 4th.”
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