Jorge Lorenzo's bid to get back into the 2018 MotoGP title fight will be hampered by his “bad days” being worse than those of his rivals, according to Cal Crutchlow. Lorenzo has made a recent breakthrough with his Ducati Desmosedici GP18 bike, winning back-to-back races at Mugello and Barcelona. While he remains some 49 points behind championship leader Marc Marquez, both Lorenzo himself and several of his rivals have insisted he could still feature in the title battle. Crutchlow too conceded Lorenzo is not yet out of contention, but reckoned the two upcoming venues – Assen and Sachsenring, which have yielded no better than a pair of third-place finishes for Lorenzo since 2012 –...
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