Jorge Lorenzo Signs For HRC In MotoGP
Rennie Scaysbrook | June 5, 2018
Jorge Lorenzo Signs For HRC In MotoGP—Jorge Lorenzo will make a dramatic change in MotoGP for seasons 2019 and 2020, signing for the factory Honda team to replace the departing Dani Pedrosa alongside Marc Marquez.
Jorge Lorenzo Signs For HRC In MotoGP
Bet you didn’t see that one coming! Lorenzo is swapping the factory Ducati for the factory Honda next year.
In an article posted on respected racing website motorsport.com, Lorenzo has agreed to a two-year contract worth €4 million per season, worth around 4.69 million USD. The announcement of Lorenzo’s departure to Honda comes immediately after his most successful weekend with Ducati. He took a dominant lights-to-flag victory at the recent Italian MotoGP ahead of teammate Andrea Dovizioso.
Lorenzo’s announcement clears the way for either Danilo Petrucci or Jack Miller to take his place at Ducati. Strong rumors link Petrucci to the ride, with Ducati teammate Miller set to stay in the Pramac team on a full factory Ducati GP19. This is the same deal Petrucci is on with his full factory GP18 this season.
Francesco Bagnaia has already been confirmed on the second Pramac Ducati for the 2019 season. He and will run a year-old Ducati GP18 in much the same deal Miller uses with his GP17 this year.
Honda will be the third factory Lorenzo has raced for in his time in MotoGP. He started at Yamaha from 2008-2016, and Ducati from 2017-2018.
Moreover, the move quashes rumors of Lorenzo returning to Yamaha on satellite equipment, either in the Marc VDS squad or in a new team backed by Malaysian oil giant Petronas.
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