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Lorenzo Eyes Brno Breakthrough to Bolster Title Bid
MotoGP | August 13, 2010

MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain is aiming for first place at Brno. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain is aiming for first place at Brno. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Brno, Czech Republic. Jorge Lorenzo aims to extend his world championship lead on Sunday by snatching a first career Czech Grand Prix MotoGP victory.

The Spanish Yamaha rider takes a 72-point lead over compatriot Dani Pedrosa on a Honda into the event, as the second half of the season kicks off following a three-week summer break.

“I love the Brno track. I have won there three times, but never in MotoGP,” Lorenzo said, refreshed after spending his vacation in the Caribbean.

Lorenzo won at Brno in the 125cc class in 2004 and then the 250cc division in 2006 and 2007, victories which helped him to back-to-back world titles in the sport’s second tier contest.

In the MotoGP race last year, Lorenzo failed to score a point after failing to finish following a nasty crash although he did have the consolation of breaking the track record.

Lorenzo has been the dominant force in this year’s championship, winning six of the nine races so far, a performance which has put world champion Valentino Rossi in the shade.

Rossi’s hopes of lifting another world crown were shattered when he missed six weeks of the season after breaking his leg in a horror fall at Mugello in June.

As a result, Rossi is back in fifth place, 120 points behind his Yamaha teammate in the standings.

However, he has been praised for his performances in his two comeback races, finishing fourth in Germany and third at the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

“I’ve had a good break and it’s helped me a lot to have this time to work on my physical condition,” said Rossi, who took his first world championship win at Brno in the 125cc class in 1996.

Rossi is also poised to announce after the Czech Grand Prix where he will race in 2011, the MotoGP world champion said on Thursday.

“On Sunday after the race, you will know what I’ll do in 2011,” Rossi was quoted by Italian media as saying.

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AFP, Reuters