MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo returns to Yamaha as a tester

Yamaha announced Thursday the return of Spanish Jorge Lorenzo, who help the factory with which it was three times MotoGP world champion in the development of the motorcycle for the 2020 season.

Through a statement, Yamaha confirmed that Jorge Lorenzo got on the YZR-M1 in the Malaysian tests, between February 2 and 4, and that he worked with the engineers throughout the year.

“I hope that my experience is useful to engineers and pilots and that we can return the title to the factory,” Lorenzo said. “Spanish is the perfect man for this job“said Yamaha.

Although the team stressed that you don't plan to ask for a wild card'(invitation), keeps open the possibility of Jorge Lorenzo competing in 2020, if the Balearic so decides.

“As soon as we learned that Jorge decided to close his career as an active pilot, we immediately considered transferring his proposal to join us. The statistics of his achievements with us in nine years speak for themselves. He is a rider with extensive experience in MotoGP, familiar with the M1 and the people of Yamaha. We have come to know Jorge as a very precise and motivated driver, with impeccable consistency and a good technical vision: all the qualities he needs in a test driver at this high level, “value Yamaha director Lin Jarvis.