Leading on from Valentino Rossi’s tale of woe last week, we unfortunately had to witness another-much worse- story unfold throughout the year, that of Jorge Lorenzo’s MotoGP swansong with the factory Honda squad. Lorenzo joined his third manufacturer in four years, following on from his two-year spell at Ducati after departing the Yamaha outfit at which he secured his three premier class titles. Ahead of 2019 excitement was rife about Honda’s ‘dream’ line-up, with Lorenzo joining reigning five-time MotoGP champ Marc Marquez at the team. Few expected any close-fought battles for supremacy early on though, with Lorenzo’s Ducati experiment for example...
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