Official: Jorge Lorenzo to race as Yamaha MotoGP wild-card
Yamaha has officially confirmed that retired five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo will race as a wild-card at this yea♍r's Catalunya MotoGP.
It will be the Spaniard's first race on an🌳 M1 since his victorious Yamaha farewell at Valencia in 2016, after which he spen💫t two years at Ducati and then a nightmare injury-interrupted season at Repsol Honda.
After retiring as a full-time rider a🎐t Valenci꧒a last November, halfway through his planned HRC contract, Lorenzo returned to MotoGP action in his new role as a Yamaha test rider at Sepang in February.
Yamaha has officially confirmed that retired five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo will race as a wild-card at this year's Catalunya MotoGP🍎.
ไIt will be the Spa💯niard's first race on an M1 since his victorious Yamaha farewell at Valencia in 2016, after which he spent two years at Ducati and then a nightmare injury-interrupted season at Repsol Honda.
After retiring as a full-time rider at Valencia last November, halfway through his planned HRC contract, Lorenzo returned to MotoGP action in his new role as a 🧜Yamaha test rider at Sepang in February.
But the 47-time MotoGP race winner will now join fellow M1 riders Val꧒entino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli on the grid in Barcelona on June 5-7.
Back in the saddle agai🎃n will be riding aboard the Yamaha YZR-M1 as a Wild Card at the Catalunya GP
— Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP (@YamahaMotoGP)
The Catalunya wild-card had been heavily rum🌺oured, with Yamaha Racing director Lin Jarvis previously stating it would make sense for Lorenzo to do a race at𒅌 a track where there would also be a Monday test...
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT THING TO ANNOUNCE...
— Jorge Lorenzo (@lorenzo99)
A revised 2020 MotoGP calendar, fol♏lowing the cancellation of Qatar and postponemꦡent of Thailand, has been released today:
Latest 2020 MotoGP Calendar | |||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
1 | 8 March | Qatar* (no MotoGP class) | Losail International Circuit |
2 | 5 April | Americas | Circuit of the Americas |
3 | 19 April | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo |
4 | 3 May | Jerez | Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto |
5 | 17 May | France | Le Mans |
6 | 31 May | Italy | Mugello |
7 | 7 June | Catalunya | Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya |
8 | 21 June | Germany | Sachsenring |
9 | 28 June | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen |
10 | 12 July | Finland** | KymiRing |
11 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
12 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring - Spielberg |
13 | 30 August | Great Britain | Silverstone |
14 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
15 | 27 September | Aragon | MotorLand Aragon |
16 | 4 October | Thailand | Chang International Circuit |
17 | 18 October | Japan | Motegi |
18 | 25 October | Australia | Phillip Island |
19 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
20 | 15 November | Valencia | Comunitat Valenciana - Ricardo Tormo |
*Evening race.
**Subject to circuit homologation
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and ha꧅s seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
