Jorge Lorenzo, The Man of Steel

By Tony Coco

Jorge Lorenzo is one of the most successful Spanish riders. He has won two world champion titles of 250cc and three of primary class. The characteristic of the number 99 is a high fighting spirit on the track. This character also makes Lorenzo always became a threat by the rivals and crowned him as 'The Man of Steel'. He has crashed and injured for many times but still race and gain points. Several duel involving him with Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli and Marc Marquez make the MotoGP race more interesting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tony Coco
• Release date: Jul 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463946534

Tony Coco

Tony Coco has written about 30 book with large range of topics; sports, biography, internet, and technology.

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Jorge Lorenzo is one of the most successful Spanish riders. He has won two world champion titles of 250cc and three of primary class. The characteristic of the number 99 is a high fighting spirit on the track. This character also makes Lorenzo always became a threat by the rivals and crowned him as 'The Man of Steel'. He has crashed and injured for many times but still race and gain points. Several duel involving him with Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli and Marc Marquez make the MotoGP race more interesting.

Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero was born on May 4, 1987 in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. His father Jose Manuel 'Chico' Lorenzo works as a mechanic, while his mother Maria Guerrero is a mail carrier. Little Lorenzo started riding a motorcycle at home at the age of three. He spent months competing in his first minicross race. In 1995, at the age of eight, he won the minicross championship in his town and started taking part in minimoto and junior class motocross.

Lorenzo plunged into race on national tracks and competitions in 1997 and did not take long for him to adjust, he immediately won the 50cc Aprilia Championship in 1998. Despite the fact he was too young, a special dispensation he got to follow the 125cc Spanish competition in 2000. On age of 13 he made history in the following year while competing in Europe and became the youngest rider to win 125cc European race.

Lorenzo with his father Chico left their hometown of Mallorca in 2000, the memorable city where Lorenzo can captivate tourists from England and Germany with his skill by riding a homemade motorcycle in a water park near his home.

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