Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo says he will race with no problems at the Motegi MotoGP round despite injuring his left shoulder in a ‘training incident’ over the weekend.

The Spaniard, who trails team-mate Valentino Rossi by 14 points in the championship standings, admitted he has a little pain in his left shoulder  - the same one he smashed in his 2013 Assen crash - but it will not get in the way.

I have still great feelings from Aragon. It was a nice victory in front of our home crowd. We were also able to achieve the World Championship Team Title for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. The weekend was perfect and we could make up some good points compared to Valentino. The championship is amazing in this last part of the season but from now on we need to stay more focused if we want to keep the momentum and try to win the title,” said Lorenzo.

“Next stop is Japan a place where I have good memories, especially from the last two years. Motegi is a typical stop and go circuit but for some reason I could do great races in the past even if it may be better suited for our rivals. This year we go there eager to do another great battle so hopefully we could do another nice race and try to make the championship tighter. As you may have heard, I had a small incident while I was training but I’m well, I just have a bit of pain in my left shoulder but I will race without any problems in Motegi.”