Lorenzo entered MotoGP with Yamaha in 2008 and has won 41 races along with his 2010, 2012 and 2015 MotoGP titles, but this year will mark the end of that relationship.
There have been strong rumours that the current MotoGP champion would move to Ducati after current Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi signed a new contract extension during the Qatar MotoGP round last month.
Lorenzo was offered his own new deal at the same time but elected not to sign, with Lorenzo was waiting on an offer from Ducati.
Lorenzo leaving will be a shame in my opinion, I fell that Lorenzo and Yamaha are a perfect match for the last nine seasons developing the best bike on the grid. With Lorenzo moving to Ducati is a risky gamble unless Ducati can win races by the end of the season, but the reason maybe Lorenzo has gone to Ducati is the bike, with unified electronic package (ECU and software) coming into 2016 rules its down to the development of the bike and engine, and not what the electronics can do might be the reason and the money too.
With that shocker of the news, who would be Lorenzo's team-mate next season, in my opinion it could be either current Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone who are both out of contract at the end of the season or could promote current Octo Pramac Yakhnich rider Scott Redding. Or even dare I say it could be a Ducati super-team of a returning Casey Stoner back alongside Jorge Lorenzo perhaps. More than likely it would be one of the current Ducati riders alongside Jorenzo.
As for Yamaha, who would be Rossi's team-mate next season, in my opinion it could be either Suzuki rider Maverick Vinales which is strongly rumoured will be Rossi team-mate for next year. Or either Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Pol Espargaro, Moto2 rider Álex Rins, or even Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa with the connections with Yamahas title sponsor Movistar perhaps.
All we know with fifteen rounds to go in this seasons MotoGP championship that 2017 is hotting up.
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