෴The 2023 MotoGP season has been littered with ꦜcrashes and injuries, with the new format of sprint races introducing an extra layer of chaos.

But three-ꩵtime premier class champion Lorenzo also sees problems with the aerodynamics.

“I🅺 like the sprint but I speak as a spectator,” he told . “I understand the riders, the risk doubles ꦺor triples.

▨“The bikes are strong with the aerodynamics. I am worried about the health of the riders. But 🐭as a spectator, I like it.

“We’re gettingꦿ to a point where MotoGP bikes are really scary.

“They have 300hp and go over 🔯370km/h. If we don’t [pause], in🌸 a few years they will hit 400km/h.

“I think we have to limit the po🔯wer of th🦩ese bikes in some way.

“I would limit the aerod൩ynamics as much as possible, maybe I would elimi🐻nate it.”

Fellow legend 🌠Casey Stoner recently told : “You’ve got to take the manufacturers’ perspective, but what they’re not doing right now is taking in the ri🧸ders’ perspective.

“The show, the danger, the more accidents we’re ﷽seeing♔ these days? It’s ridiculous.

“Winglets, gone. Ride height devices, gon🌱e. Anti-wheelie, gone. Traction control cut to a safe𒊎ty level and nothing more. Half this shit needs to go.”

‘Honda and Yamaha lacked a test rider’

Lorenzo💦 retired from MotoGP in 2019 after an injury-ravaged ꦐyear at Honda before briefly rejoining Yamaha, the team where he won all three of his championships, as a test rider.

That role was 𓂃lim♚ited by the pandemic, then descended into a row with his replacement Cal Crutchlow.

“Honda and Yam🍎aha didn’t have a really sensitive rider to develop a bike that was rideable for everyone,” Lorenzo saiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd.

“At Honda, they listened to me at the time. I had been to Japan to do some work and modifications on the bike. But I h𒅌ad the misfortune to crash andཧ hurt myself at Assen.

“Without that crash, I would have continued at Honda and wi💟th a be💟tter bike suited to my characteristics.

“The turning point💜 was the crash at As💝sen, that changed my mentality.

“I bega🌱n to appreciate other things in life. That fall took three or fouꦅr years off my career.”

Lorenzo spent two seasons at Ducati, one of m🍃any big-name riders who failed to end the championship hoodoo that st෴retched back to 2007 until Francesco Bagnaia finally won last year.

“It’s not something you do overnight,” Lorenzo s🔴aid about Ducati’s current dominance.

“You need to stay calm꧃, to u🌄nderstand what to keep on the bike and what to change.

“Gigi Dall’Igna has done a great job since 2014.🐬 Slowly he made Ducati the best bike, but it was a long job.

“It’s the era of the Eu𝕴ropean brands in MotoGP, not the Japanese. I don’t know how long this will last.”