Jorge Lorenzo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jorge Lorenzo

Spanish professional motorcycle road racer

Date of Birth: 04-May-1987

Place of Birth: Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain

Profession: racing driver, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Jorge Lorenzo

  • Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (Spanish pronunciation: ['xo?xe lo'?en?o ?e're?o]; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
  • He won the 2006 and 2007 250cc World Champion, and the 2010, 2012 and 2015 MotoGP World Champion.
  • He rode for Yamaha from 2008 to 2016 and Ducati from 2017 to 2018.
  • On 6 June 2018 it was announced Lorenzo would be joining the Repsol Honda team for the 2019 and 2020 MotoGP seasons.
  • Jorge Lorenzo then announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2019 season after only 1 season at Repsol Honda, Jorge is a 3 time MotoGP world champion as well as a 2 time 250cc champion and from his three titles in the premier class, Lorenzo has also finished as runner-up on three occasions.
  • In 2012, Lorenzo became the first Spanish rider to win multiple premier class titles, and with 68 career wins, he is sixth on the all-time wins list. After graduating from the 250cc class with two world titles, Lorenzo signed for Yamaha's factory team, with whom he spent nine seasons, starting in 2008.
  • As a rookie, he won on his third start in Portugal.
  • Injuries and inconsistency meant he was some way off team mate Valentino Rossi who won the championship that year, although Lorenzo ran him closer in 2009, winning four races. In 2010, Lorenzo won his first premier class title after a season that saw him not finish lower than fourth in a single race all year.
  • He added nine race wins to his tally and beat compatriot Dani Pedrosa to be the first Spanish champion in the four-stroke era.
  • In 2011, Lorenzo finished second behind Casey Stoner.
  • The two had a close battle throughout the season, until Stoner pulled away after summer and Lorenzo's season ended with a violent practice crash in Australia.
  • Lorenzo bounced back to win the 2012 opener, followed by a very consistent campaign where he finished first or second in every race bar one until his second title was sealed, with six race wins. In 2013, Lorenzo won more races than the previous season, eight, but lost the title to rookie and five-time winner Marc Márquez through points lost as a result of a broken collarbone in the middle of the season.
  • In the end, the margin was very thin, with Márquez holding on by four points as Lorenzo won the final three rounds.
  • The 2014 season saw Márquez dominating.
  • Lorenzo finished behind team mate Rossi in third, having won just twice. 2015 was to be Lorenzo's final world title and the most closely-fought.
  • Having trailed team mate Rossi almost all year, Lorenzo nevertheless won four consecutive races in spring to keep him in the hunt.
  • After Rossi was penalised for taking Márquez out in Malaysia and was forced to start last in the Valencia finale, Lorenzo started from pole position, needing to recover seven points to win the title.
  • Due to more wins, he held the tiebreaker over Rossi.
  • In the end, Lorenzo won the race with Márquez in second and Pedrosa in third, while Rossi recovered to fourth, sealing Lorenzo the title by merely five points. Lorenzo had two difficult seasons after his final world title, starting with losing the title lead and dropping back to third in his final season with Yamaha.
  • However, he did win his final Yamaha race at Valencia.
  • As Ducati's star signing, he endured a winless first season.
  • After his contract was not renewed after another disappointing start to the 2018 season, he then won three races in quick succession as well as scoring multiple pole positions.
  • However, while starting from pole position at Aragon, Lorenzo highsided in the first corner on the first lap, breaking his foot.
  • This was a start of a spell of several serious injuries, which carried on into his time at Honda where he was a long way off his team mate, Márquez, who won his fourth consecutive title.
  • In one month, during June 2019, he first crashed at Barcelona, taking out three riders in one corner as he fell, then had a serious test crash at the same track and finally fractured his back at Assen, which forced him to sit out several races. On 14 November 2019 at a special press conference in Valencia, Lorenzo announced his retirement from racing at the age of 32.

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