Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo could possibly not now be written off as a shock MotoGP title winner this year.

Lorenzo says the Ducati is now the ‘most complete’ package it has ever been after the Spaniard sealed back-to-back MotoGP victories with another win at Catalunya at the weekend.

Lorenzo toasted success with the Italian manufacturer for the first time at Mugello and followed up in Spain with a pole position and dominant triumph over championship leader Marc Marquez, who will become his team-mate for 2019 in the Repsol Honda team.

Third at the Spanish GP was Italian Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi, second in the championship title chase.

The three-time premier class champion admits he has never felt as good on the Ducati since his move to the factory team and is refusing to rule out the possibility of a shock title challenge.

“With the Ducati, never (felt as good). Last year was not good but honestly also our bike now is competitive and I feel great,” Lorenzo said.

“Probably we have the best and most complete Ducati ever, that’s also a good sign, so let’s see. The good thing for us is that we don’t have pressure, we don’t have nothing to lose, and Marc has a little more pressure in that aspect.

“Bad news is that we are very far, the good news is that we still have a lot of races until the end. From Mugello it was almost impossible, now it’s possible even if it is very difficult, but we have our chance,” he added.

“This championship can change so much and I also can lose many points in a difficult race, Assen for example is a track that for the moment has been a lot of years that I did not get a very good result.”

Lorenzo opted for the soft Michelin tyre options and said that although they worked well throughout, he had to adapt accordingly as the race wore on.

“Yes, for our bike it works well but also I needed to save them very well and be very smooth with the throttle and changing quite a lot my riding, because I knew Marc was with different tyres and this could be an advantage.

“I think it was very similar, both packages, and finally we could keep more or less the same distance more or less throughout the race.

“In my opinion, Michelin made a great job because we found a lot of difficulties at the beginning but little by little they improved and now we are much more compensated form the rear tyre to the front. Still the front tyre for me needs to have a little bit more grip in the edge.”

Catalunya GP results:

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (GP18) 40m 13.566s
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 40m 18.045s
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 40m 19.664s
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 40m 23.371s
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 40m 24.206s
6. Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 40m 24.364s
7. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 40m 26.998s
8. Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 40m 28.621s
9. Alvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 40m 35.623s
10. Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 40m 37.707s
11. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 40m 50.126s
12. Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 40m 51.795s
13. Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 41m 35.092s
14. Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) +3 laps

Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) DNF

Tito Rabat ESP Reale Avintia (GP17) DNF

Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) DNF

Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) DNF

Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* DNF

Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) DNF

Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) DNF

Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP16)* DNF

Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) DNF

Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* DNF

Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) DNF

Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) DNF

Riders’ World Championship standings:

1 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 115 points

2 Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 88 points (-27)

3 Maverick Viñales SPA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 77 points (-38)

4 Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 73 points (-42)

5 Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 71 points (-44)

6 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 69 points (-46)

7 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Ducati Team (GP18) 66 points (-49)

8 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 66 points (-49)

9 Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 66 points (-49)

10 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 49 points (-66)

11 Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 40 points (-75)

12 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 33 points (-82)

13 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 28 points (-87)

14 Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP17) 27 points (-88)

15 Alvaro Bautista SPA Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 26 points (-89)

16 Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 19 points (-96)

17 Hafizh Syahrin MAL Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 17 points (-98)

18 Aleix Espargaro SPA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 13 points (-102)

19 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 10 points (-105)

20 Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 9 points (-106)

21 Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 7 points (-108)

22 Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 6 points (-109)

23 Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 4 points (-111)