Jorge Lorenzo admits he was "lucky" to avoid serious injury as a result of the brake failure that caused his retirement from the Qatar MotoGP season opener. Ducati rider Lorenzo was unable to finish the first MotoGP race of the season after he suffered a crash while running in 10th place on Lap 12. The Spaniard, who had a bad start due to having too much wheelie off the line, said his Ducati developed front brake problems early in the race. With the issue "getting worse lap by lap", it was the cause for Lorenzo's eventual retirement, and the Spaniard said he was "lucky" the incident happened at Turn 4 and not at the end of the main straight. "[It was a]...
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