A five-time World Champion, a winner of 47 MotoGP™ races and, above all, a character that will never be replicated in the premier class will take his place in the most prestigious club at the Red Bull Spanish Grand Prix. Jorge Lorenzo will finally become a MotoGP™ Legend after a near three-year wait. The Spaniard was confirmed to be inducted into MotoGP™'s Hall of Fame when he announced his retirement in 2019 but, due to the pandemic, it has been delayed until this weekend.
The ceremony will take place at 18:00 local time (GMT+2) on Saturday evening and here's how you can watch it. Not only will it be LIVE and FREE on motogp.com, but you can also watch the ceremony across all of MotoGP™'s social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch).
Fittingly, the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto will play host; the venue at which he made his Grand Prix debut on his 15th birthday and where the final corner bears his name.
Lorenzo is one of the most successful riders of all time, taking his first win in 2003 and his 68th in 2018. Back-to-back 250cc Champion in 2006 and 2007, on pole in his first MotoGP™ race and becoming a winner third time out in the premier class prefaced Lorenzo’s biggest achievements in MotoGP™ as he then went on to take the World Championship in 2010, 2012 and 2015.
He won those titles with Yamaha, with whom he accrued 44 wins, before a switch to Ducati in 2017. Lorenzo took three more stunning wins with the Italian marque before moving to Honda, later announcing his retirement from competition at the end of 2019.
Join us on Saturday evening as we celebrate the career of one of the sport's true icons.