
Jorge Lorenzo was the picture of perfection for the second season in a row in front of more than 110,000 people at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia to not only wrap a memorable 2016 MotoGP championship…but also culminate his prolific nine year stint with the Yamaha factory team at the highest level of Grand Prix racing.
The 29 year old - in his 250th GP run - provided an apt ‘preview’ on Saturday by setting the fastest ever lap of the largely flat Spanish layout by a motorcycle; circulating 2.5 miles in less than a minute and a half. A smooth as velvet brushing a pane of glass; Lorenzo was an exquisite ‘extension’ of his motorcycle and bookended his Yamaha career having take Pole Position on his debut at Qatar in 2008. An ideal launch in the 30 lap sprint on Sunday under fine early winter sunshine on the Mediterranean coast allowed ‘99’ to break away and create a cushion of almost six seconds as he sought his second successive Valencia clean sweep.