Yamaha’s head honcho Lin Jarvis will probably be jumping with joy when he learns that Jorge Lorenzo has said that he wouldn’t mine finishing his career in Yamaha.
Jarvis has already stated that keeping Lorenzo is his key priority beyond this season when the majority of the top riders contracts expire.
Asked what his plans are for the end of 2012, the former World champion stated, “My first choice is to stay with Yamaha.
They have treated me well, I would like to finish my career here and I want to win.
In 2012 we’ll fighting for the championship so why change? “Jorge also talked about the finger injury that he sustained during warm-up practice at Phillip Island which prevented him from contesting the last three races of the season, “The first couple ofweeks were tough on the mind.
It’s not like breaking a bone, and you recover in a few weeks and all is well again.
I lost a part of my body that I will not have again, it was hard.
”Lorenzo has worked hard during the winter break to recover from the injury and says he is curious to see the development on his M1, but admitted “It won’t be easy to regain the rhythm and speed,” when he starts testing at Sepang later this month.
And talking about his 2011 season said “I managed to be more complete.
I gave it 110%, I made a few mistakes but I managed to get on the podium a lot of times.
I think I rode better than the year I won the title.
”Lorenzo talking about finishing his career with one manufacturer sort of reminds us of certain past statements by Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner, and we know how that went.