Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo reckons choosing the wrong front tyre compound for the Japanese Grand Prix is what cost him a shot at victory. Lorenzo, who had to go to the hospital on Saturday after a nasty FP3 crash but managed to continue with the weekend, was deciding between the soft and the medium front tyre for the race and eventually stuck with the more conventional latter option. He led the race early on but soon slipped behind Marc Marquez and teammate Valentino Rossi. When Rossi crashed out, Lorenzo was on course for second, but himself fell with five laps to go, allowing Marquez to clinch the MotoGP title then and there. The medium front was used by everyone who finished in the top 10 at...
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