Schedules and goals – Official: Jorge Lorenzo hangs up the leather this weekend in Valencia –

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Official: Jorge Lorenzo hangs up the leather this weekend in Valencia

Schedules and goals - Official: Jorge Lorenzo hangs up the leather this weekend in Valencia -

Frustrated by his latest results and worn out by his crashes, Jorge Lorenzo will not play a second season with the Honda Repsol team. Naturally moved when announcing his withdrawal from competition, the five-time motorcycle speed world champion was also very smiling. Declaration and statistics…

The holding of an exceptional press conference by Jorge Lorenzo this Thursday afternoon, ahead of the 2019 Valencia Grand Prix, could only mean one thing: the double GP250 world champion (2006 and 2007) and triple champion of MotoGP (2010, 2012 and 2015) decided to end his career…

Like his compatriot Dani Pedrosa last year, the Spanish n ° 99 no longer feels he has the motivation to fight at the highest level, nor even the results sufficient to continue riding in the most prestigious MotoGP teams, Honda Repsol which is also unbeatable – or almost – with Marc Marquez.

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"I always thought that there were four important days in the life of a driver: the first is when he takes part in his first race, the second when he wins his first victory, then when he wins his first title – which is not possible for everyone, but some of us get there – and finally when he announces his withdrawal, "said Lorenzo in front of a room packed with journalists, members of the Intercontinental Circus and pilots.

"As you can imagine, that day has come for me. I am here to announce that (the 2019 Valencia Grand Prix) will be my last race in MotoGP and that after this race I will retire as a professional rider" , confirmed the Spanish logically moved, but visibly happy, even relieved.

Jorge Lorenzo’s accomplishments

Before the 2019 Valencia GP, his last.

  • 5 world titles (GP250 in 2006 and 2007, MotoGP in 2010, 2012 and 2015)
  • 296 GP starts (3rd driver after Rossi 401 and Capirossi 328)
  • 202 MotoGP starts (7th after Rossi, Barros, Hayden, Capirossi, Pedrosa and Dovizioso)
  • 68 GP victories (6th after Agostini 122, Rossi 115, Nieto 90, Marquez 81 and Hailwood 76)
  • 47 in MotoGP (5th after Rossi 89, Agostini 68, Marquez 55, Doohan 54)
  • 152 podiums in GP (3rd after Rossi 234 and Agostini 159)
  • 114 MotoGP podiums (2nd behind Rossi 195 and ahead of Pedrosa 112)
  • 69 poles in GP (2nd behind Marquez 90 and ahead of Rossi 65)
  • 43 in MotoGP (4th after Marquez 62, Doohan 58 and Rossi 55)
  • 37 fastest lap in race (30)
  • 3943 points scored in GP
  • 2896 points scored in MotoGP (3rd after Rossi 5297 and Pedrosa 2970)
  • 383 points scored in 2010 (Marquez 395 in 2019 and Rossi 373 in 2008, in 18 races)
  • 9 seasons with at least one win (2008-2016)
  • 11 seasons with at least one podium (2008-2018)
  • Record wins (8) in one season without winning the title (in 2013 against Marquez)
  • First Grand Prix contested at 15 years and 1 day (record)
  • First Spanish to win a second title
  • Second Spanish crowned in the queen category after Criville
  • Only rider to date to have deprived Marquez of a MotoGP title

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