"Last season I rode a completely different bike, that was very big and very tall," said Lorenzo of the Ducati. "Maybe it was a little too big for me.
上個賽季我騎了一台完全不一樣的賽車，又大又高。或許那台車對我來說太大了一點。"The Honda suits me better in terms of its dimensions. It’s more compact, smaller and I reach the ground better on it. I feel safer going into corners, because the closer you are to the ground, the more confidence you have.
Honda在賽車大小這點更適合我。這台車更緊湊更小一點，讓我能更輕易能碰到地面。入彎我感到更加安全一點，因為我會離地面更近，這樣對我來說就更有信心。
"The first impression was positive and I saw a lot of potential there."
初次的感覺很好，我看到裡頭有非常大的潛力。
"One of the things that impressed me most was the ability of the Repsol Honda team to react, providing what you ask for," Lorenzo continued.
最讓我印象深刻的是Repsol Honda反應能力，能提供我要的。
"I was quite clear, Honda took note of all my indications and within a few days they had everything ready, and we had a fuel tank almost 100 percent to my liking."
我很清楚，Honda把我點出來的都做了筆記，在幾天之內，他們把所有事情都準備好，而且我們有一個幾乎100%符合我喜好的油箱。
"All riders have our strengths and our weaknesses," he said. "Marc also has them. I will try to learn from his strengths, and I guess he will try to learn from mine.
所有車手都有強項與弱點。Marc也是。我會試著學習他的強項，而且我猜他也會試著從我這邊學點東西。
"We will push each other; I will want to beat him and he will want to beat me, and that always makes the team grow and helps provide new technical progress for the bike."
我們會互相刺激對方；我會想要打敗他，而他也會想打敗我，而這點一直以來都會讓一個車隊成長，並且有助於賽車的開發。