Having dropped 18 points behind Valentino Rossi, winning the remaining three rounds is no longer enough to guarantee Jorge Lorenzo the MotoGP title. Instead - even if the Spaniard is victorious at Phillip Island, Sepang and Valencia - he needs to rely on another rider beating Movistar Yamaha team-mate Rossi to second place at one of those events. That raises the prospect of Lorenzo - dominant in the dry for the past five rounds - employing 'go slow' tactics; backing-up the field with the aim of helping other riders finish ahead of Rossi. It may be the opposite of Lorenzo's usual style, in which he breaks the competition with a blistering early pace, but it's exactly what happened during...
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