Jorge Lorenzo says he was lucky to make Q2 after a poor showing on a drying Phillip Island track that saw the outgoing MotoGP champion qualify 12th. Lorenzo was at sea in the tricky conditions in Australia, lapping a full 6.651s off the pace of poleman Marc Marquez on his way to a fourth row grid slot – three places ahead of Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi. Having not made Q2 automatically, Lorenzo managed to bag the second slot behind Cal Crutchlow to make it into the pole position shootout. The Spaniard admitted that he was fortunate that the gamble of several other riders to try intermediate tyres in the closing stages of Q1 failed, before going on to describe his struggle for...
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