Jorge Lorenzo summons the press … to announce his withdrawal from the competition ?

Jorge Lorenzo will give, this Thursday at 3pm, an exceptional press conference ahead of the 2019 Valencia Grand Prix. The presence of Carmelo Ezpeleta, the Grand Prix boss, means that the announcement is important. The five-time world champion could hang up the leather…

Our Spanish colleagues are convinced of this: if Jorge Lorenzo summons the press this afternoon in the presence of Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports (promoter of the Moto Grand Prix), it is to announce that the 2019 Valencia GP of this weekend will be his last…

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As a reminder, the new recruit of the Honda Repsol team points to an anonymous 99th 19th place in the MotoGP championship with 25 small points collected, the equivalent of a single victory … While his teammate Marc Marquez has stacked 11 in 18 races !

Disoriented by his transfer from Ducati to Honda this winter, terribly lacking in confidence in the front end of his machine at the start of the season and injured this summer in Assen, the five-time world champion in motorcycle speed has not finished once in the Top 10 in the race this year.

This situation is reminiscent of Dani Pedrosa, totally eclipsed by the same box neighbor at n ° 93. Tired of fighting to enter the Top 5, ahead of the 2018 German GP, ​​to announce his withdrawal from competition.

If it should be confirmed, the departure of Jorge Lorenzo could make people happy: Cal Crutchlow, under contract with the HRC in 2020, could replace the role of "very" official driver, ceding his Honda LCR to … Johann Zarco who currently replaces Nakagami ?

Our two-time Moto2 champion had a brilliant freelance in Australia, sparkled – in every sense of the word, thank you Joan Mir! – in Malaysia, and must be confirmed during this 2019 final in Spain! His fans are crossing their fingers, Site too. Stay connected !

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