Jorge Lorenzo has won his first MotoGP Championship title finishing in third at the Sepang circuit in one of the most exciting races of the season and becoming Spain’s second premier-class champion, after Alex Criville’s 500cc title in 1999.
‘Porfuera’ debuted in MotoGP in 2008 after winning the 250cc title twice and after a very hard rookie season with numerous crashes and injuries that left the Spaniard doubting his capacities, but in 2009 came back stronger than ever and contesting the title with Valentino Rossi and finished second in a highly competitive season.
In 2010 the Fiat Yamaha rider, won of seven of the 15 races in an almost perfect season and ended off the podium only two times so far (Aragon and Motegi) and celebrated with a card saying ‘Game Over’ and ended up with the Spanish flag getting caught in the rear chain on the slow down lap.
Lorenzo’s title gives Yamaha’s it’s fifth rider championship and the third in a row.