page_title: Jorge Lorenzo
section_title: 2019
hierarchical_section_title: Jorge Lorenzo / Career / MotoGP World Championship / 2019
caption_attribution_description: Jorge Lorenzo, riding his Repsol Honda, being closely followed by the Red Bull Factory KTM of Johann Zarco and the Factory Aprilia of Aleix Espargaró at the 2019 Italian Grand Prix.
context_page_description: Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who announced his retirement from road racing competition in late 2019.
  He won the 2006 and 2007 250 cc World Championships, and the 2010, 2012 and 2015 MotoGP World Championship. In the premier class he rode exclusively for factory teams, riding for Yamaha from 2008 to 2016, for Ducati from 2017 to 2018, and for Repsol Honda in 2019. During a difficult 2019 plagued by major injuries, he announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2019 season after only one year at Repsol Honda, cutting short his original contract.
  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.
context_section_description: On 6 June 2018, it was announced that Lorenzo would join Repsol Honda Team on a two-year deal, replacing retiring compatriot Dani Pedrosa.
  Despite tough early going in the season, finishing no higher than 11th, Lorenzo presented positive development of the Honda for his riding style coming into the mid-season. Although making rapid gains, in the Catalan GP, he took out Valentino Rossi, Maverick Viñales and Andrea Dovizioso while making a hairpin corner pass in early race traffic.
  At the Assen GP, Lorenzo suffered a tumble in the gravel during the first practice session and fractured a vertebra which eliminated him from race contention. He subsequently missed the next three rounds in recovery, and upon return claimed to be riding under duress of intense pain.
  On 14 November 2019 at a special press conference at Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, Spain during the last race of the season, Lorenzo announced his retirement from racing at the age of 32. He finished the season in 19th place the riders' championship with just 28 points, his career worst season by far. It was also his first ever season in the premier class without a single podium finish, having failed to achieve even a single top-10 finish.
caption: Mugello 2019
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