Fifteen rounds, three races to spare Jorge Lorenzo took the 2010 MotoGP World Championship with seven race wins, six pole positions and was off the podium only twice this season and here’s what a very emotional Lorenzo had to say:

“This is my first title in the premier category and my dream has come true! This is really the maximum a motorcycle rider can achieve in his career so we have to celebrate and enjoy these hours, minutes and seconds like it’s the end of the world. You imagine this moment in your head your whole life but when it comes you don’t know how to act or what to say. I am trying to be relaxed, to speak clearly and not say anything crazy! I’m so tired right now; I just need to be alone in a room for a few minutes, just thinking about what I’ve done!

I want to thank so many people, it’s difficult to find the words but I have to mention Yamaha, all my team, Bridgestone and everyone involved. And of course thank you very much to my fans, who have been with me every step of the way.

Continue reading: 2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and Yamaha Top Brass talk about the title

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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.

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