On Saturday on the Spanish Grand Prix, Lorenzo was inducted into MotoGP’s hall of fame in a ceremony at Jerez.
Lorenzo received 47 races in a premier class profession that spanned from 2008 to 2019, with the Spaniard profitable the world championship 3 times with Yamaha and scoring victories for each the Japanese marque and Ducati in his time.
Marquez and Lorenzo battled collectively quite a few occasions throughout their profession, with the pair turning into teammates in 2019 earlier than the latter elected to retire on the finish of an injury-plagued last yr.
Talking forward of Lorenzo’s induction into the MotoGP corridor of fame, Marquez mentioned Lorenzo was “a kind of particular guys” on the grid.
“I imply, you generally is a nice rider, and also you generally is a champion,” Marquez started.
“And he was a kind of particular guys on the market with a powerful persona. You possibly can agree or disagree, however he had his persona and he was actually robust there.
“After all when he was in his candy second he was almost unbeatable and was driving in an unimaginable means.
“So, I’ve an enormous respect for him as a result of I discovered many issues combating in opposition to Jorge.
“After all, when he was my team-mate it was one other environment, one other mentality.
“However, it’s unimaginable to make a rating. I don’t prefer it as a result of every rider has his interval and every rider has his years.
“And when Lorenzo was driving nicely, he was driving very, very quick and really fixed with a powerful persona. That’s what makes the distinction.”
Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing, Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Workforce
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Lorenzo joins a number of of his previous foes within the MotoGP corridor of fame, similar to Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, in addition to previous greats similar to Mick Doohan, Kenny Roberts and Giacomo Agostini.
Final weekend, Lorenzo made his debut within the Porsche Supercup at Imola on the System 1 help invoice and completed thirtieth as he will get set to embark on a full-time marketing campaign in Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.
Lorenzo can even tackle some part-time MotoGP punditry for Spanish tv this yr.
