It's decided ! Jorge Lorenzo will return to competition for a stint in the Grand Prix for Barcelona. Catalonia will then welcome a distinguished guest on its starting grid since, from Jerez, the now Yamaha test rider will have been crowned Grand Prix legend. 31 pilots are in this case, some have disappeared, others are still in this world and only one, until then, had competed officially with this status. It was Nicky Hayden in Aragón then in Australia during the 2016 season, and the late Kid from Kentucky, who died in 2017, was inducted in 2015 in Valencia…
Jorge Lorenzo will be on June 7 in Catalonia the second legendary Grand Prix rider in history to compete in an official MotoGP race. A distinction that the Majorcan will have received from Carmelo Ezpeleta in Jerez, on May 3, during the Spanish Grand Prix. A boss of Dorna who was delighted to receive this announcement of Por Fuera's return to competition, especially at a time when bad news is piling up due to coronavirus...
« This is very good, this is very good news » rejoiced Carmelo Ezpeleta. " I hope it goes well for him. Last year I said goodbye to him but I have no problem saying hello again! I am delighted. » We will recall that Jorge Lorenzo had affirmed, when the first rumors arose about this possible invitation with an official Yamaha, that he would only honor it from the moment when he was certain that he could compete for the top 5 in the race. Apparently, he has it, since he gives us the return shot... Which we shouldn't miss because the same Ezpeleta prévient : “Jorge needs to start thinking about whether he can recover and become what we know or not, both for himself and for the championship. I don't like seeing a driver like him finish in 19th position. "
We also know that Lynn Jarvis is not closed to the idea of reunion with Valentino Rossi for a full season with the Petronas satellite team. We will see what happens, both for the Italian and for the Mallorcan, to see if this scenario worthy of “back to the future” will be able to come to fruition.
Finally, we will point out that there is another Grand Prix legend who could also join the competition crowned with his rank. It is Dani Pedrosa, but the latter prefers to stay at the gates of the circuits, working in the shadows as a test driver KTM. For the moment ?
