Lorenzo Will Stay At Honda
J
orge Lorenzo caused quite a
storm at the Austria MotoGP—
even though he wasn't there.
The three-time MotoGP World
Champion, still on the sidelines
with a back injury suffered at As-
sen six weeks ago, has been un-
able to replicate anything close
to that form since joining Repsol
Honda and was initially linked to
a shock switch to Pramac Ducati
in place of Jack Miller. Then,
it was confirmed, he offered
his services for free to join the
Petronas Sprinta Yamaha team
for 2021.
With the Spaniard not in
Austria and lips sealed both
at Ducati and at the satellite
Pramac team, facts were hard to
come by. Opinions were easier,
particularly from Jack Miller, the
rider most affected by this pos-
sibility.
Miller had been expected to
stay with Pramac Ducati next
year, but the contract signing—in
his case directly with the fac-
tory—had been deferred over the
summer break. This was sup-
posedly for budgetary reasons,
with the factory contractually
obliged to supply a fourth full
factory bike, one more than this
year.
"I thought we were just waiting
on paperwork," said the Austra-
lian on the eve of the Austrian
GP. "But it seems it's not like
that. The last I heard prior to this
weekend was that they were
working on the budget, but we
will see now."
However, following the Mo-
toGP race on Sunday, Repsol
Honda and Lorenzo jointly
confirmed they will see out their
contract which runs to the end
of the 2020 season.
Miller should now be safe at
Pramac after he turned down an
offer to replace Johann Zarco at
KTM.
Michael Scott
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Jorge Lorenzo will remain at
Repsol Honda next year.
