Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo believes that his late decision to pick the soft compound Michelin rear tyre was key to his victory in the 2016 season opener in Qatar. Lorenzo passed the Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso for the lead on lap nine and went on to take the chequered flag by two seconds. And he reckons the impressive victory vindicated a last-second call to pick the soft tyre for the race - a call that was made after Lorenzo finished behind Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales in warm-up. "My decision probably made me win the race," Lorenzo said. "In the warm-up I was not very fast and having a lot of problems to keep the pace. Looking at Maverick, who chose the soft...
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