Jorge Lorenzo accepts second position was the best he could have hoped for as the Movistar Yamaha rider returned to the podium in Austin after a mistake saw the MotoGP world champion lose ground in the previous round in Argentina. Lorenzo is now 21 points behind race winner Marc Marquez in the standings as he moved into second overall after his team-mate Valentino Rossi suffered a front-end crash. The Mallorcan was out of sorts on the opening lap of the race, running wide at turn 1 and again at turn 11 as he tried to force his way into the lead, later revealing that he was having big problems trying to stop his M1. “I'm very happy to finish the race because today the conditions were very...
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