【MotoGP】ホルヘ・ロレンソ MotoGP引退。バレンシアが最終レース
"I want to announce this will be my last race in MotoGP"いきなりの発表。記者会見は、14日の現地時間の15時00分(日本時間23時00分)に行われ、ドルナスポーツの最高経営責任者であるカルメロ・エスペレータも同行した。多くのライダーも出席した会見にロレンソとエスペレータが登場し、2019年シーズンからレプソル・ホンダ・チームと2年契約を結んでいたが、契約を途中で解除し、今週末に行われるバレンシアGPをもってロードレースから現役引退することを発表した。“Hello everyone, thank you very much to everyone who accepted my invitation and attended this press conference, it really means a lot to me and makes me very happy,” began Lorenzo. “I always thought there are four significant days in the career of a rider. Your first race, your first win, your first championship and then the day you retire. Well, as you may imagine, I’m here to tell you this day has arrived for me. I want to announce this will be my last race in MotoGP, and that at the end of this race I will retire from professional racing.“I was 3-years-old when everything started. Almost 30 years of complete dedication to this sport, my sport. The ones who worked with me, know how much of a perfectionist I am, how much hard work and intensity I put into this. Being like this requires a high level of auto motivation, that’s why after nine unforgettable years with Yamaha, without a doubt the most glorious of my career, I felt I needed a change if I wanted to maintain this high commitment with my sport. Moving to Ducati gave me that big boost I needed and even though the results were bad I used that extra motivation as fuel to not give up and finally win that special race at Mugello, in front of all the Ducati fans. After that, when I signed for Honda I got a similar feeling, achieving one of the dreams of every rider: becoming an official HRC factory rider.”鈴鹿を走らずに終えてしまうのは悲しい・・・・