Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo
Lorenzo at the 2010 Indianapolis Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 Palma, Spain
Current team	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
Bike number	99
Website	jorgelorenzo.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2008–present Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 2 (2010, 2012) 2014 Championship position 3rd (263 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 123 33 85 30 20 2074 250cc World Championship Active years 2005–2007 Manufacturers Honda (2005) Aprilia (2006–2007) Championships 2 (2006, 2007) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 48 17 29 23 4 768 125cc World Championship Active years 2002–2004 Manufacturers Derbi Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 46 4 9 3 3 279

Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero^[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe loˈɾenθo ɣeˈreɾo]; born May 4, 1987) is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He is the 2006 and 2007 250cc World Champion,^[2] and the 2010 and 2012 MotoGP World Champion. He currently competes in the MotoGP class, riding for the factory Yamaha team.

Motorcycling career

125s and 250s

Lorenzo made his championship debut on his fifteenth birthday, on the second qualifying day for the 2002 125cc Spanish Grand Prix, after having to miss Friday practice as he was not old enough to race. Lorenzo dominated the 2007 250cc World Championship.^[3] His nine pole positions led to nine victories in 2007.

Jorge's victory at Misano in 2007 was his 16th in the 250cc class, making him the most successful Spanish rider of all time in the 250cc GP class – with one more victory than Dani Pedrosa and Sito Pons.

MotoGP

After being linked with a Yamaha MotoGP ride for 2008,^[4] on 25 July 2007 he was confirmed as Valentino Rossi's partner on a two year deal for the 2008 MotoGP season.^[5][6]

2008

Lorenzo made a great start to his MotoGP career, finishing 2nd after qualifying on pole for the Qatar night race. He followed this up with pole at the second round in Jerez, Spain and 3rd Position, and pole in round 3 at Estoril, Portugal. He converted this pole into a victory, his maiden win in the Premier Class. In doing so, he became the youngest rider in MotoGP to finish on the podium in his first three races,^[7] taking the record from compatriot (and bitter rival)^[8] Dani Pedrosa by a single day.

By this stage of the Championship, Lorenzo was in joint first place with Pedrosa, but on May 1, 2008 Lorenzo was thrown from his bike during practice for the MotoGP Grand Prix of China. Lorenzo suffered a chipped bone and snapped ligament in his left ankle, and a fractured bone in his right.^[9] He was still able to finish the race in 4th place. Two weeks later at Le Mans, Lorenzo suffered two accidents in the practice sessions but managed to post a 2nd place result.^[10] In the following race in Italy he crashed during the race after qualifying seventh on the grid,^[11] The next week at Catalunya he experienced his fifth crash in four meetings, the practice session accident forcing him to miss the race.

At both Donington Park and Assen, he was observed to be riding more conservatively after a series of injuries, but moved up the order in the later part of the race to finish 6th in each case. He has commented that he is stronger in the latter parts of races, preferring the bike when it is low on fuel. In the next meeting at Sachsenring, however, Lorenzo crashed out of the race during very wet conditions.^[12] Lorenzo suffered yet more injuries to his feet at the USGP at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on July 20, when he experienced his seventh crash in only three months. During the first lap a spectacular highside left Lorenzo with a sore right foot (or ankle) and three broken bones in his left foot, specifically the third, fourth and fifth metatarsals. At Misano, Lorenzo clinched 2nd place. Indianapolis saw him on the podium again this time in third position. He eventually finished the season in 4th position.

2009

In 2009, Lorenzo stayed with Yamaha. His season started well, with two wins (in Japan and France) and two more podiums out of five races, leading the championship up until that point after which Valentino Rossi stole the momentum from him in the Catalan GP.

As a consequence of a crash in qualifying at the Laguna Seca round, Lorenzo suffered a small fracture in the head of the fourth metatarsal in his right foot, contusions to the bones in both ankles and damage to his collarbone in his right shoulder.^[13] Two crashes later in the season, during the rain hit British Grand Prix and at Brno hampered his title bid, as he was 50 points behind championship leader Valentino Rossi prompting Lorenzo to claim his chances of winning the title have gone.^[14] He won at Indianapolis, while both Rossi and Pedrosa crashed, reducing Lorenzo's gap to Rossi to 25 points.^[15][16] His first corner crash with Nicky Hayden in Australia was a blow to his title chances and Rossi clinched the title with a third place finish in Malaysia.

2010

On 25 August 2009, Lorenzo ended speculation surrounding a possible move to Honda or Ducati by signing a contract to race with Yamaha in the 2010 MotoGP Championship.^[17] Ducati reputedly offered him a 15 million dollar contract to take the seat vacated by Marco Melandri which was eventually taken by Nicky Hayden.

Lorenzo broke two bones in his hand in a pocket bike crash pre-season, therefore missing most of the pre-season testing. He fought through the field to finish second to Rossi in the season opener in Qatar, whilst still not fully fit.^[18] After Rossi broke his leg in a crash at Mugello, Lorenzo became the title favourite, with a 47-point lead after four wins in the first six rounds. Victory at Assen made him only the seventh rider ever to win in 3 classes at this prestigious circuit.^[19]

During a break between the Italian and British rounds of the championship, Lorenzo rode a Yamaha in a parade lap around the world famous Snaefell Mountain Course at the Isle of Man TT. He rode alongside former World Champion Ángel Nieto, later describing the experience as 'amazing'.^[20]

At the conclusion of the Senior TT, Lorenzo then took part of the garlanding ceremony, in which he bestowed garlands on third placed Bruce Anstey, second placed Ryan Farquhar and winner Ian Hutchinson, rounding off Hutchinson's historical five race wins at the 2010 TT meeting.^[20]

Despite nearest rival Dani Pedrosa making up ground in the latter stage of the season, Lorenzo was still in control with five races remaining. Pedrosa, the only man who could still overtake Lorenzo in the standings, then suffered a broken collarbone during practice, causing him to miss the next two races and virtually guaranteeing Lorenzo would become champion. On 10 October, Lorenzo clinched the title with a third place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix behind Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso.^[21]

2011

Lorenzo started the 2011 season with four podium finishes in the first five races, including a victory at the Spanish Grand Prix; he benefitted from a collision between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi, with both riders coming off their bikes, and Lorenzo eventually won the race by almost twenty seconds.^[22] He held the championship lead into the British Grand Prix, where he crashed out of the race, held in wet conditions, while running third.^[23] After a sixth place finish at Assen, Lorenzo then finished each of the next eight races in the top four placings, winning two of them, at Mugello,^[24] and Misano.^[25]

Lorenzo's season was ended by a crash during warm-up for the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. Lorenzo lost the end of a finger, and underwent successful surgery in Melbourne to repair damage to it, with surgeons able to save the nerves and tendons of the injured fourth finger of his left hand. Surgery was deemed a success and as a result no functionality was lost in either the finger or the hand. Stoner won the championship at the event after winning the race, while Lorenzo maintained second place to the end of the championship,^[26] helped in part by the cancellation of the Malaysian Grand Prix after the death of Marco Simoncelli.

2012

Lorenzo made his race return at the Qatar Grand Prix, qualifying on pole position before taking the race victory the following evening.^[27] After successive second places in Spain and Portugal, Lorenzo then won the next two races at Le Mans,^[28] and Catalunya; in the process, opening up a 20-point lead over Casey Stoner in the riders' championship.^[29] Ahead of the British Grand Prix, Lorenzo signed a new two-year contract with Yamaha, keeping him with the team until the end of the 2014 season.^[30][31] Lorenzo extended his championship lead to 25 points, by winning the race ahead of Stoner.^[32] After being taken out of the Dutch TT by Álvaro Bautista and a second place at the German Grand Prix, Lorenzo recorded his fifth win of the season at the Italian Grand Prix to extend his championship lead to 19 over Dani Pedrosa. Then he claimed his 2nd title at the Australian Grand Prix by finishing 2nd behind race winner Casey Stoner.^[33]

2013

Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion and battled it out with Repsol Honda team-mates Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa for the championship. He missed the race in Germany due to injury, and finished second in the final championship standings, with 330 points; 4 points behind Márquez.

2014

Lorenzo started the 2014 season slowly, crashing out in Qatar and a tenth place finish in Austin, having jumped the start. He achieved his first podium in Argentina, but only achieved one further podium – at Mugello – in the next five races. At the midway point of the season, at the Sanchsenring, Lorenzo had only collected 97 points; this tally was 128 behind championship leader Marc Márquez. Starting the second half of the season, Lorenzo achieved four consecutive second place finish at Indianapolis, Brno, Silverstone and Misano.

His first victory of the season came during a wet race at Aragon, his first win at the circuit. Lorenzo followed that victory up with a victory in the next race at Motegi, having also won at the circuit in 2009 and 2013. For the majority of the season, Lorenzo was involved in a three-way rivalry with teammate Rossi and Dani Pedrosa to claim the runner-up position overall. At Valencia, Lorenzo took the decision to swap bikes – on lap 20 – as light rain fell. He struggled to get the bike stopped in the uncertain conditions and dropped down the order; he ultimately retired from the race. He finished third in the final championship standings behind Márquez and Rossi, with 263 points.

2015

Lorenzo started the 2015 season by taking fourth place finishes in Qatar and Austin.^[34] He added a fifth place finish in Argentina.^[35]

Celebrations

Lorenzo has become known for his celebration antics, which became more frequent over the 2010 season. Those included Lorenzo imitating a spaceman, and Nintendo's Mario brothers making an appearance at the trackside.

Rivalry

During his reign as 250cc champion, Lorenzo was known to be very aggressive in his riding, particularly when overtaking others. He was penalised by a suspension which stopped him from taking part in Malaysia in 2005. Lorenzo's tenure in the Fiat Yamaha team has been underscored by an intense rivalry between himself and his team mate Valentino Rossi.^[36]

In 2011, Lorenzo was seen arguing with fellow rider Marco Simoncelli, who was under fire from Lorenzo for his dangerous riding. Simoncelli retorted by reminding Lorenzo of his race suspension after he was overly aggressive while overtaking a rider in 2005, which included last lap clashing of fairings with Pedrosa and moments later taking Alex de Angelis down. Lorenzo said, "if it doesn't come from you again there will be no problem". Simoncelli put even more fuel to the fire by saying "I will be arrested", to which a visibly angry Lorenzo reacted by saying, "this is no joke, we are playing with our lives here". Simoncelli claimed that he still had his leathers which were left blackened at the knee slider after a previous incident with Lorenzo at the final round of the 2010 season.

Personal life

Lorenzo was born in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. In January 2010, Lorenzo got involved with the Oxfam international confederation's efforts in assisting support for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[37]

The character Jorge in the video game Halo: Reach is named for him, after Lorenzo wore a helmet at the 2009 Valencian Grand Prix that replicated a style of helmet from Halo 3: ODST.^[38] Lorenzo wore sponsored helmets from the Call of Duty franchise, at the Valencian Grand Prix in 2013 for Ghosts and Advanced Warfare in 2014.

Lorenzo wore sponsored protective gears from Dainese between 2005 and 2010, and Alpinestars from 2011 onwards. On 17 October 2013, Lorenzo visited the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Alpinestars.

Grand Prix career statistics

^[39]

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2002	125cc	Derbi RS 125	Caja Madrid Derbi Racing	14	0	0	0	0	21	21st
2003	125cc	Derbi RS 125	Caja Madrid Derbi Racing	16	1	2	1	1	79	12th
2004	125cc	Derbi RSA 125	Caja Madrid Derbi Racing	16	3	7	2	2	179	4th
2005	250cc	Honda RS250RW	Fortuna Lotus Honda	15	0	6	4	0	167	5th
2006	250cc	Aprilia RSW 250	Fortuna Lotus Aprilia	16	8	11	10	1	289	1st
2007	250cc	Aprilia RSW 250	Fortuna Lotus Aprilia	17	9	12	9	3	312	1st
2008	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	17	1	6	4	1	190	4th
2009	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	17	4	12	5	4	261	2nd
2010	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Fiat Yamaha Team	18	9	16	7	4	383	1st
2011	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	15	3	10	2	2	260	2nd
2012	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	18	6	16	7	5	350	1st
2013	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Yamaha Factory Racing	17	8	14	4	2	330	2nd
2014	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	18	2	11	1	2	263	3rd
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	3	0	0	0	0	37*	4th*
Total				217	54	123	56	27	3121

• * Season in progress.

By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2002–2004	2002 Spain	2003 Rio de Janeiro	2003 Rio de Janeiro	46	4	9	3	3	279	0
250 cc	2005–2007	2005 Spain	2005 Italy	2006 Spain	48	17	29	23	4	768	2
MotoGP	2008–Present	2008 Qatar	2008 Qatar	2008 Portugal	123	33	85	30	20	2074	2
Total	2002–Present				217	54	123	56	27	3121	4

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2002	125 cc	Derbi	JPN	RSA	SPA 22	FRA 19	ITA 20	CAT 14	NED 16	GBR 13	GER 17	CZE 20	POR Ret	BRA 7	PAC 9	MAL 20	AUS Ret	VAL 22			21st	21
2003	125 cc	Derbi	JPN Ret	RSA 24	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 6	NED Ret	GBR Ret	GER 21	CZE 12	POR 6	BRA 1	PAC Ret	MAL 3	AUS 8	VAL 11			12th	79
2004	125 cc	Derbi	RSA 16	SPA Ret	FRA 3	ITA 10	CAT 5	NED 1	BRA Ret	GER 6	GBR 3	CZE 1	POR 3	JPN 7	QAT 1	MAL Ret	AUS 2	VAL Ret			4th	179
2005	250 cc	Honda	SPA 6	POR 10	CHN 9	FRA 5	ITA 2	CAT Ret	NED 3	GBR 8	GER Ret	CZE 2	JPN Ret	MAL EX	QAT 2	AUS 3	TUR 4	VAL 2			5th	167
2006	250 cc	Aprilia	SPA 1	QAT 1	TUR Ret	CHN 4	FRA Ret	ITA 1	CAT 2	NED 1	GBR 1	GER 3	CZE 1	MAL 1	AUS 1	JPN 3	POR 5	VAL 4			1st	289
2007	250 cc	Aprilia	QAT 1	SPA 1	TUR 2	CHN 1	FRA 1	ITA 8	CAT 1	GBR Ret	NED 1	GER 4	CZE 1	RSM 1	POR 3	JPN 11	AUS 1	MAL 3	VAL 7		1st	312
2008	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 2	SPA 3	POR 1	CHN 4	FRA 2	ITA Ret	CAT	GBR 6	NED 6	GER Ret	USA Ret	CZE 10	RSM 2	IND 3	JPN 4	AUS 4	MAL Ret	VAL 8	4th	190
2009	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 3	JPN 1	SPA Ret	FRA 1	ITA 2	CAT 2	NED 2	USA 3	GER 2	GBR Ret	CZE Ret	IND 1	RSM 2	POR 1	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 3		2nd	261
2010	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 2	SPA 1	FRA 1	ITA 2	GBR 1	NED 1	CAT 1	GER 2	USA 1	CZE 1	IND 3	RSM 2	ARA 4	JPN 4	MAL 3	AUS 2	POR 1	VAL 1	1st	383
2011	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 2	SPA 1	POR 2	FRA 4	CAT 2	GBR Ret	NED 6	ITA 1	GER 2	USA 2	CZE 4	IND 4	RSM 1	ARA 3	JPN 2	AUS DNS	MAL	VAL	2nd	260
2012	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 1	SPA 2	POR 2	FRA 1	CAT 1	GBR 1	NED Ret	GER 2	ITA 1	USA 2	IND 2	CZE 2	RSM 1	ARA 2	JPN 2	MAL 2	AUS 2	VAL Ret	1st	350
2013	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 1	AME 3	SPA 3	FRA 7	ITA 1	CAT 1	NED 5	GER DNS	USA 6	IND 3	CZE 3	GBR 1	RSM 1	ARA 2	MAL 3	AUS 1	JPN 1	VAL 1	2nd	330
2014	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT Ret	AME 10	ARG 3	SPA 4	FRA 6	ITA 2	CAT 4	NED 13	GER 3	IND 2	CZE 2	GBR 2	RSM 2	ARA 1	JPN 1	AUS 2	MAL 3	VAL Ret	3rd	263
2015	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 4	AME 4	ARG 5	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	4th*	37*

• * Season in progress.

References

External links

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Preceded by Dani Pedrosa	250 cc Motorcycle World Champion 2006–2007	Succeeded by Marco Simoncelli
Preceded by Valentino Rossi	MotoGP Motorcycle World Champion 2010	Succeeded by Casey Stoner
Preceded by Casey Stoner	MotoGP Motorcycle World Champion 2012	Succeeded by Marc Márquez

Teams and riders competing in the 2015 MotoGP World Championship Ducati Team Athinà Forward Racing Avintia Racing Pramac Racing Octo IodaRacing Team AB Motoracing Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 4 Dovizioso 29 Iannone 6 Bradl 76 Baz 8 Barberá 63 Di Meglio 9 Petrucci 68 Hernández 15 de Angelis 17 Abraham 19 Bautista 33 Melandri Team Suzuki Ecstar Repsol Honda Team CWM LCR Honda Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Estrella Galicia Marc VDS Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Aspar MotoGP Team 25 Viñales 41 A. Espargaró 26 Pedrosa 93 Márquez 35 Crutchlow 43 Miller 38 Smith 44 P. Espargaró 45 Redding 46 Rossi 99 Lorenzo 50 Laverty 69 Hayden

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Valentino Rossi (46) Jorge Lorenzo (99) Grand Prix motorcycle Yamaha YZR-M1

500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions     1949 – L. Graham 1950 – U. Masetti 1951 – G. Duke 1952 – U. Masetti 1953 – G. Duke 1954 – G. Duke 1955 – G. Duke 1956 – J. Surtees 1957 – L. Liberati 1958 – J. Surtees 1959 – J. Surtees 1960 – J. Surtees 1961 – G. Hocking 1962 – M. Hailwood 1963 – M. Hailwood 1964 – M. Hailwood 1965 – M. Hailwood 1966 – G. Agostini 1967 – G. Agostini 1968 – G. Agostini 1969 – G. Agostini 1970 – G. Agostini 1971 – G. Agostini 1972 – G. Agostini 1973 – P. Read 1974 – P. Read 1975 – G. Agostini 1976 – B. Sheene 1977 – B. Sheene 1978 – K. Roberts 1979 – K. Roberts 1980 – K. Roberts 1981 – M. Lucchinelli 1982 – F. Uncini 1983 – F. Spencer 1984 – E. Lawson 1985 – F. Spencer 1986 – E. Lawson 1987 – W. Gardner 1988 – E. Lawson 1989 – E. Lawson 1990 – W. Rainey 1991 – W. Rainey 1992 – W. Rainey 1993 – K. Schwantz 1994 – M. Doohan 1995 – M. Doohan 1996 – M. Doohan 1997 – M. Doohan 1998 – M. Doohan 1999 – À. Crivillé 2000 – K. Roberts, Jr. 2001 – V. Rossi 2002 – V. Rossi 2003 – V. Rossi 2004 – V. Rossi 2005 – V. Rossi 2006 – N. Hayden 2007 – C. Stoner 2008 – V. Rossi 2009 – V. Rossi 2010 – J. Lorenzo 2011 – C. Stoner 2012 – J. Lorenzo 2013 – M. Márquez 2014 – M. Márquez

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions     1949 – B. Ruffo 1950 – D. Ambrosini 1951 – B. Ruffo 1952 – E. Lorenzetti 1953 – W. Haas 1954 – W. Haas 1955 – H. Müller 1956 – C. Ubbiali 1957 – C. Sandford 1958 – T. Provini 1959 – C. Ubbiali 1960 – C. Ubbiali 1961 – M. Hailwood 1962 – J. Redman 1963 – J. Redman 1964 – P. Read 1965 – P. Read 1966 – M. Hailwood 1967 – M. Hailwood 1968 – P. Read 1969 – K. Carruthers 1970 – R. Gould 1971 – P. Read 1972 – J. Saarinen 1973 – D. Braun 1974 – W. Villa 1975 – W. Villa 1976 – W. Villa 1977 – M. Lega 1978 – K. Ballington 1979 – K. Ballington 1980 – A. Mang 1981 – A. Mang 1982 – J. Tournadre 1983 – C. Lavado 1984 – C. Sarron 1985 – F. Spencer 1986 – C. Lavado 1987 – A. Mang 1988 – S. Pons 1989 – S. Pons 1990 – J. Kocinski 1991 – L. Cadalora 1992 – L. Cadalora 1993 – T. Harada 1994 – M. Biaggi 1995 – M. Biaggi 1996 – M. Biaggi 1997 – M. Biaggi 1998 – L. Capirossi 1999 – V. Rossi 2000 – O. Jacque 2001 – D. Kato 2002 – M. Melandri 2003 – M. Poggiali 2004 – D. Pedrosa 2005 – D. Pedrosa 2006 – J. Lorenzo 2007 – J. Lorenzo 2008 – M. Simoncelli 2009 – H. Aoyama 2010 – T. Elías 2011 – S. Bradl 2012 – M. Márquez 2013 – P. Espargaró 2014 – E. Rabat

Spanish Sportsman of the Year José Marín (1982) Juan Antonio Corbalán (1983) José Manuel Abascal (1984) José Amengual (1985) José Luis González (1986) Jorge Martínez (1987) José Doreste (1988) Manuel Pereira (1989) Carlos Sainz (1990) Martin López-Zubero (1991) Miguel Indurain (1992) Jesús Ángel García and Valentí Massana (1993) José María Olazábal (1994) Miguel Indurain (1995) Fermín Cacho (1996) Joan Llaneras (1997) Àlex Corretja (1998) Abel Antón (1999) Joan Llaneras and Gervasio Deferr (2000) Pau Gasol (2001) Alberto García (2002) Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003) David Cal (2004) Fernando Alonso (2005) Rafael Nadal (2006) Rafael Trujillo (2007) Rafael Nadal (2008) Xavi Hernández (2009) Jorge Lorenzo (2010) Juan Carlos Navarro (2011) Joel González (2012) Rafael Nadal (2013)

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