If there is one who should be informed of the situation of drivers racing with a Honda in the colors of Repsol Honda, it is the shadowy team manager Alberto Puig. Precisely, this is the opportunity to find out what he knows about this growing rumor which spread once the lights of the German Grand Prix had barely gone out: Jorge Lorenzo would have decided to retire. Answer ? Alberto Puig knows nothing about it. That is to say, he cannot confirm any more than, above all, deny…
Jorge Lorenzo suffers in his body, and also in his head. Having two vertebrae affected and having lost a centimeter in height due to compression while wearing a corset reminding us that life hangs by a thread when you are a motorcycle rider, obviously raises questions. At 32 years old and having been World Champion five times, we can estimate that time has passed, that the moment has come, and that there are signs that are unmistakable.
That being said, the idea of retirement is not new to Jorge Lorenzo. Last year, before achieving his first victory at Mugello with Ducati after a terrible start to the season, the now Repsol Honda rider had already considered this possibility in an interview with BT Sport: “ I was a little depressed, I thought about retiring, I always thought it would be a relief to stop. But it's different when you're about to do it ».
Here we are in 2019. With a technically complicated situation again but with the aggravating factor of a series of injuries that we have to deal with. So, this time would be the right one? Rumor has it, it is commented on by the pilots, which means that Lorenzo is aware. But he doesn't deny it.
The director of the Repsol Honda team,
Alberto puig, questioned by "As", replied that he was no more aware of the pilot's wishes. “ I know nothing. I only know that he had an accident in Holland, a fractured vertebra and that all we hope is to get him back as quickly as possible to get the feeling back on the bike. We are all here to help ". We still need to be clear on our intentions...
