Jorge Lorenzo says he was forced to jump from his Ducati during Sunday's MotoGP season-opener in Qatar, after suffering a failure of his front brake at Turn 4. Trying to recover from a poor start from ninth – which he blames on an aggressive GP18 – Lorenzo noticed there was an issue at the start of the second lap, when braking for Turn 1 the brake lever on his bike came all the way back to the handlebar. Managing the situation, Lorenzo was able to get back into a position to fight with Suzuki's Andrea Iannone for ninth, when the brake failed completely at Turn 4 on lap 13 – the Spaniard later admitting he was “lucky” it didn't happen on the run...
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