{"id":20338,"date":"2016-10-07T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circuitricardotormo.com\/jorge-lorenzo-drives-the-mercedes-f1\/"},"modified":"2016-10-07T08:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T08:43:02","slug":"jorge-lorenzo-drives-the-mercedes-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circuitricardotormo.com\/en\/jorge-lorenzo-drives-the-mercedes-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Lorenzo drives the Mercedes F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jorge Lorenzo, current MotoGP\u2122 World Champion, spent the day at the wheel of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W05 Hybrid at Silverstone (International Circuit) invited by\u00a0<strong>Monster Energy<\/strong> and the <strong>MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One\u2122 Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Jorge Lorenzo<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all I want to say thank you to Monster Energy for giving me this opportunity. It has been a great experience, like a dream come true.<br \/>\n<a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circuitvalencia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lorenzo-F1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11655 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.circuitvalencia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lorenzo-F1-1.jpg\" alt=\"lorenzo-f1\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a>The past few days for me have been very special. I had the opportunity to work alongside some of the best engineers in this sport, drove the F2 car, had simulator test sessions and finally, I got to drive the real deal.<br \/>\nToday I experienced driving a Formula One car. It\u2019s been an amazing day. I\u2019m very satisfied with the lap time in the last run. From what the engineers were saying, my times were really competitive. The car is so smooth, I expected a more twitchy and difficult car but in the end everything was so good: the steering wheel, the engine, everything.<br \/>\nIt was quite easy to drive and the car in the corners is really, really fast and the grip of the car it\u2019s unreal. In the first lap you feel the power but when you get used to it, it\u2019s similar to a MotoGP bike but in the corners, you are in a different world, about 40kms faster in the middle of the corners. Also it surprised me how late you can brake and the amount of grip the car can support in full throttle in the fast corners is insane.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Richard Lane<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\u2019s engineering plan was coordinated by MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Track Engineer Richard Lane:<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been great working with Jorge today. From the moment he arrived he\u2019s been full of enthusiasm and keen to get stuck in. Between each run he\u2019s been poring over the data, and looking to find areas for improvement. You can see why he\u2019s a multiple World Champion on two wheels. His interest in the detail of his performance has been impressive. He\u2019s taken feedback on board and improved with every run. It\u2019s been a great experience for us to work with Jorge and we wish him all the very best for the rest of the MotoGP season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Lorenzo, current MotoGP\u2122 World Champion, spent the day at the wheel of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W05 Hybrid at Silverstone (International Circuit) invited by\u00a0Monster Energy and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One\u2122 Team Jorge Lorenzo First of all I want to say thank you to Monster Energy for giving me this opportunity. 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