After qualifying in 12th for his second race as a Honda rider, Lorenzo plummeted to 21st on the opening lap at Termas de Rio Hondo.
He finally fought again to complete in 12th place, albeit gaining two locations on the final lap when Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli got here to blows and crashed out.
As properly as revealing the trigger for his sluggish getaway, Lorenzo stated he was additional hampered by a disintegrating rubber grip on his left handlebar throughout what he described as a “nightmare” race.
“Here with the pit limiter, that looks like I pressed it unconsciously because I remember just pressing the start procedure button,” Lorenzo recalled.
“Suddenly the bike, the rpm goes down like [it had] no gasoline and I did not know what was happening, however appears to be like just like the button of the pit begin was on and the bike did not go, so everybody overtook me, I used to be final place once more like in Qatar.
“When I began to get better positions, I felt I used to be lacking some rubber within the handlebar within the left, was popping out, out, out and I used to be with no rubber in my left hand. So no grip in any respect, all the pieces unhealthy.
“Very troublesome race to get better positions, additionally the observe grip was very unhealthy after Moto2 race and with hotter circumstances, so it was like a nightmare.
“Hopefully sooner or later these sorts of unusual issues and unfortunate issues won’t occur once more.”