Jorge Lorenzo says he didn’t want to put pressure on the members of his Yamaha MotoGP crew to make the switch to Ducati along with him next season. Motorsport.com revealed on Monday that the reigning champion will only take a sole member of his existing crew – long-time mechanic Juan Llansa – with him to Ducati next year. It means Lorenzo will have a crew chief other than Ramon Forcada, who he has worked with since his premier class debut in 2008, for the first time in 2017. Forcada will instead remain at Yamaha to work with new signing Maverick Vinales. Speaking about the situation after testing on Monday, Lorenzo said a combination of Yamaha’s good treatment of its employees and...
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