Tuesday, August 31 2010
Even though Jorge Lorenzo has won the most recent two races in the States, he keeps insisting that he is not necessarily looking for win number eight of the season at Indianapolis this weekend, but just looking to finish and rack up some more points to his impressive championship points cache.
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Having heard Jorge make a similar statement at Brno before dominating and taking win number seven of the season, fellow riders Ben Spies, Colin Edwards, Nicky Hayden, and Hiroshi Aoyama who were present when Jorge made the remark understandably looked a sceptical.
Jorge took the win last year in Indianapolis, topped with Captain America helmet, in spite of his protests to the contrary, not many would bet against Jorge winning this year as well. The Fiat Yamaha rider won’t be Captain America this year, but will be wearing a new Iron Man helmet as he tries to extend his 77 point lead in the Championship standings that he currently holds over Dani Pedrosa.
Nicky Hayden, who is sixth in the championship standings will be the highest placed American racer challenging Jorge at the Indianapolis MotoGP event. Nicky, who makes his home in Kentucky, is only a few hours away from the Indianapolis circuit, a circuit that has been good for the Ducati rider in years prior. Back in 2008, Nicky took second place at Indianapolis, and took third in 2009. However, Nicky will be entering this years event with a wrist injury that he sustained from a crash during qualifying at Brno two weeks ago.
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