Lorenzo does a Rossi
Jorge Lorenzo needed to win at Silverstone - and after a dramatic race, and under relentless pressure, he did just that. TOBY MOODY reflects on a stunning British Grand Prix weekend
As Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez dug deeper and deeper until they achieved the fastest ever MotoGP laps of Silverstone on Saturday, there was far more on their minds than another watch or five points towards the BMW for the season's best qualifier. It wasn't even about pole for the British Grand Prix.
This was a pivotal moment in the 2013 season - Marquez and Lorenzo each desperate to break the other in their ever-more intense psychological war; two of the world's best refusing to give in.
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