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Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three MotoGP World Championships (, and ) and two 250cc World Championships ( and ).
After winning the 2006 and 2007 250 cc World Championships, Lorenzo moved to MotoGP in 2008 with the factory Yamaha team. In his first season, he won rookie of the year honours after finishing 4th place in the championship, including a win at Portugal. The nine seasons he spent with Yamaha from 2008 to 2016 proved to be very successful, as he won the championship on three occasions in , and , finishing as championship runner-up in , and . His win tally of eight in the 2013 MotoGP season remained the most by any rider in the premier class in a single season not to win the title until the 2024 season in which Francesco Bagnaia finished 2nd with 11 wins.
Lorenzo moved to the Ducati Corse factory team in 2017. He struggled at Ducati in his first season, getting only three podiums, and finished 7th in the championship in , while his teammate and former 250cc rival Andrea Dovizioso fought for the championship until the final round in Valencia. In the subsequent season in , Lorenzo regained form with three victories in Mugello, Catalunya and Austria and a further 2nd place in Brno. A move to Repsol Honda in proved to be ill-fated, and Lorenzo retired at the end of the season.
With 47 premier class wins, Lorenzo is 5th in the all-time list of premier class race winners. In 2022, Lorenzo was inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame as an official Legend by the FIM. Despite his retirement from riding, Lorenzo remains active in motorsports, competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia in 2022 and 2023 with Team Q8 Hi Perform, the Porsche Supercup and the Italian GT Championship with Team Lazarus, in addition to performing color commentary at select MotoGP races.
Lorenzo'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 intermediate class – with one more victory than Dani Pedrosa and Sito Pons.
By this stage of the Championship, Lorenzo was in joint first place with Pedrosa, but on 1 May 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. He was still able to finish the race in 4th place. Two weeks later at Bugatti Circuit, Lorenzo suffered two accidents in the practice sessions but managed to post a 2nd-place result. Jorge Lorenzo crashes in Le Mans before the race – Jorge Lorenzo . Zimbio. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. In the following race at Mugello Circuit, he crashed during the race after qualifying seventh on the grid, No time to dwell for battered Lorenzo | MotoGP News | Jun 2008. Crash.Net (3 June 2008). Retrieved on 2010-10-14. The next week in Barcelona, 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. Sachsenring MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo sorry for early exit – | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN. Motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. Lorenzo suffered yet more injuries to his feet at the USGP at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on 20 July, 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.
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. 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. autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. He won at Indianapolis, while both Rossi and Pedrosa crashed, reducing Lorenzo's gap to Rossi to 25 points. autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved on 14 October 2010. 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.
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. After Rossi broke his leg in a crash at Mugello Circuit, 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.
Despite nearest rival Dani Pedrosa making up ground in the latter stages 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 Sepang behind Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso.
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, helped in part by the cancellation of the Malaysian Grand Prix after the death of Marco Simoncelli.
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. Lorenzo extended his championship lead to 25 points, by winning the race ahead of Stoner. After being taken out of the Dutch TT by Álvaro Bautista and a second place at the Sachsenring, Lorenzo recorded his fifth win of the season at Mugello to extend his championship lead to 19 over Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo ultimately clinched his 2nd title at Phillip Island by finishing 2nd behind race winner Casey Stoner (which was also helped by Stoner's crash and ankle injury in Indianapolis which forced him out for 3 races).
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.
Lorenzo achieved his sixth win of the season – and the sixtieth of his career – at the Aragon Grand Prix; coupled with Rossi's third place, he cut the deficit in the championship to Rossi, to 14 points. The pair's results were enough for the team to clinch their respective title, their first since . In Japan, Rossi extended the championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish to Dani Pedrosa in drying conditions. Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues. In Australia, Lorenzo was passed for the lead on the final lap by Márquez; however, with Rossi down in fourth, Lorenzo cut the championship lead to eleven. Lorenzo further cut the lead to seven, after a second-place finish in Malaysia; Rossi finished third after a collision with Márquez, whom he accused of working for Lorenzo, in which he accrued three penalty points – enough to enforce a start from the back of the grid for the final race in Valencia. Rossi made it up to fourth in the race, but Lorenzo won the race and took the championship – his fifth world title overall – by five points.
Lorenzo's third win for the 2018 season came in Austria, taking out the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Lorenzo defeated Honda's Marc Marquez by 0.130 seconds.
At the next three races Lorenzo achieved three consecutive pole positions but was unable to score any points, after the British Grand Prix was cancelled due to heavy rain, finishing the San Marino Grand Prix 17th following a crash during a battle with Marquez, and crashing on the first corner of the Aragon Grand Prix. Following the latter crash which broke a bone in his foot, Lorenzo withdrew from the Japanese MotoGP and Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island. This was a start of a spell of several serious injuries, which carried on into his time at Honda.
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.
In March 2020, it was announced that Lorenzo would make at least one wildcard appearance in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. UPDATED: 2020 MotoGP™ calendar officially confirmed motogp.com, 5 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020 Due to wildcards being cancelled, this did not happen. Later in the year, Lorenzo revealed that he opted against making a permanent comeback within the Ducati Corse stable for the 2021 season after serious considerations, also endorsing Francesco Bagnaia as the 'logical choice' to fill the factory seat in his place.
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 season. Simoncelli died later that year after being run over after falling onto the race track in Malaysia.
Lorenzo announced in February 2023 that he would be joining the 2023 Porsche Supercup as a full-time driver, driving for Huber Racing. In addition to his Porsche Supercup campaign, Lorenzo continued his campaign with Q8 Hi Perform in Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, still driving the #8 car. Lorenzo would not continue in either series after 2023.
Lorenzo finished his first race in the series in 14th place.
At the conclusion of the Senior TT, Lorenzo then took part of the 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.
The character Jorge in the video game is named for him, after Lorenzo wore a helmet at the 2009 Valencian Grand Prix that replicated a style of helmet from . Lorenzo wore sponsored helmets from the Call of Duty franchise, at the Valencian Grand Prix in 2013 for and in 2014.
Lorenzo wore sponsored protective gear 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.
On 2 May 2013, three days before the Spanish Grand Prix, the Circuito de Jerez renamed the thirteenth corner "Curva Lorenzo". It had previously been known as "Curva Ducados".
In September 2015, China-based Zopo Mobile released the Zopo Speed 7 GP smartphone, endorsed by Lorenzo.
In 2020 he competed in the Spanish celebrity song contest , finishing fourth.
Lorenzo was appointed as the brand ambassador for Super Soco in 2021. A special edition Lorenzo-inspired 'JL99' scooter was unveiled by Lorenzo at the Milan Motorcycle Show in November 2021.
In 2022 he was hired by DAZN to work as a race-commentator for MotoGP broadcasts in Spain.
| Porsche Supercup | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| Porsche Supercup | Team Huber Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th |
| 2022 ! Team Q8 Hi-Perform | Imola Circuit | Imola Circuit | MIS1 | MIS2 | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit | VAL1 | VAL1 | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit ! 13th ! 30 |
| 2023 ! Team Q8 Hi-Perform | MIS1 | MIS2 | VAL1 | VAL2 | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit | MIS1 | MIS2 | Imola Circuit | Imola Circuit ! 21st ! 27 |
| 2022 ! Porsche | Imola Circuit | MON | SIL | RBR | LEC | SPA | ZND | Monza Circuit ! NC‡ ! 0‡ |
| 2023 ! Team Huber Racing | MON | RBR | SIL | Hungaroring | SPA | ZND | ZND | Monza Circuit ! 24th ! 3 |
| 2024
! Team Lazarus
! William Alatalo Mahaveer Raghunathan (Rd.1-2) Mattia di Giusto (Rd.3) ! Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo ! Pro | VAL | Mugello Circuit | Imola Circuit | Monza Circuit ! 20th ! 0 |
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