Jorge Lorenzo started the Americas GP from sixth on the grid and on the first lap he was already fighting with the Yamaha of Maverick Vinales for several corners, however by the end of the first lap the Ducati rider was still in sixth place.
Soon afterwards he was passed by his teammate, Andrea Dovizioso and with Vinales going on he remained sixth.
However, while he held the position for some time, on lap 18 he overtaken by Iannone and Petrucci towards and he finished in ninth place overall due to the wear on his front tyre.
“All in all, the race went better than I expected, at least regarding my pace over practice and qualifying,” he said. “For sure we cannot be satisfied with the final position, because our target is certainly much higher, but in feeling and pace we made a small step forward in this race.”
“It all went more or less how I expected until the front tyre began to have some graining and I lost touch with Dovizioso. Without this problem, I think I could have finished the race right behind him but the situation got worse over the last few laps and both Iannone and Petrucci passed me, so I lost out on seventh right at the end.”
