In the past few weeks had developed into a battle of words between Giacomo Agostini and Jorge Lorenzo. Agostini had criticized Lorenzo for the fact that he has celebrated with Ducati and Honda, no big successes. The reason the Italians looked on the mental side. Details of the Tank are beside the point.

Lorenzo countered that Agostini should not conclude from his time as a racer on the present. Now Agostini wants to resolve this dispute. "I don't understand this controversy", said the 15-time world champion of the 'AS is'. "I liked Lorenzo always."

"I'll send him a private message. I have supported him always. But when I was asked, after his years at Ducati and Honda, I can't say that he has won everything. You can't."

"I have to be honest, because otherwise people would think I am speaking with the heart and not the head. I'm so sorry, because I was hoping that he wins the world championship with Ducati. But he didn't." to win

"Three races is not winning the title is similar. As I said, nothing else," says Agostini. "It is a fact that he was neither Honda nor Ducati world champion. This is not my fault and I can not say anything else."

The 77-year-old Italian hopes that the "controversy" is now resolved and peace is restored. "I understand that I can have my time with his compare," says Agostini on a charge of Lorenzo. "I'm sorry, but I just said what everyone knows."

towards the end of his successful career, Agostini MV Agusta switched to Yamaha. In 1975, he was 15. Time World Champion. It was the first world title for a Japanese manufacturer in the Premier class and the first for a two-stroke engine. According to Agostini, Kenny Roberts, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Valentino Rossi and Lorenzo with Yamaha's world champion were.

This article was written by Gerald Dirnbeck

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