With two weeks and one private test having passed since a disappo🌠inting eleventh on his Ducati MotoGP race debut, Jorge Lorenzo arrives in 🌟Argentina 'with no limits in my mind' and looking for the next step forward.

"Little by little, even if the results are still more-or-less the same, I feel a bit of improvement every time," Lorenzo said on Thursday at Termas de Rio ꩲHondo. "At the Jerez test I made another step forward, not only me but also the bike.

"We tried some new pieces in the bike that will probably give us both more speed in the fu♍ture. So it was a positive day and we are closer to the pace we need to do."

Lorenzo wouldn't say exactly𒅌 what the new pieces were and only commented briefly on trying the special yet-to-be-homologated 'hammerhead' fairing.

The radical design, aimed at replacing the lost downforce fওrom last year's external wings, had "more or less the same positive and negative aspects [as at the Qatar test]" including a loss 🦂of top speed.

Asked ꧋if the low grip Jerez circuit would help him prepare for the dusty Termas track, Lorenzo replied: "It's not a question of only myself. The Ducatis in general; when there is grip they work better. But we have to create a bike that works in all conditions and we are trying.

"This track has a long straight where we can take profit. Historically it's been good for our bike. It's not one of my favourite tracks, but I arrive here with no limits in my mind and we'll try to be faster than previouslyꦇ.

"Track conditions will be changing constantly because first practice is normally very dirty and after 4-5-6 track sessions, in all the categories, the grip gets better and tyre l𒉰ife improves.

"We hope the peo🅘ple wh💯o live here are right and it doesn't rain!"

Confirming he had watched a replay of the Qatar race, Lorenzo also �🗹�gave the following observations:

"Very difficult cꦏonditions that created a very slow race, probably [the leaders] couldn't be faster because of the tyres - the hard tyres were too hard for the conditions, and the ones with the soft tyres coul🐼dn't push from the beginning.

"But they were much faster than me, for the moment 𒈔and I need to improve. I couldn't fight for the win or the podium. Maybe for seventh-eighth position but not so much more."

Team-mate A♔ndrea Dovizioso f🌼inished second in Qatar, just 0.461s from Maverick Vinales (Yamaha).

Opening practice starts on Friday morninౠg in Argentin꧒a.