Could Lorenzo really move to Pramac Ducati?
Just as it seemed the 2020 MotoGP grid was settled, a bizarre rumour emerged that the solution to Jorge Lorenzo's miserable time at Honda would be a shock move back to the Ducati fold - but at the Pramac team. Our chief MotoGP correspondent assesses the chances of it happening
Amid his awful start to life at Honda, Jorge Lorenzo has been linked with a shock move back to the Ducati fold and a place at the satellite Pramac team for 2020.
But there are several factors that would complicate any such switch.
The most obvious obstacle to a potential Lorenzo-Ducati reunion is that the three-time MotoGP champion's Honda deal runs to the end of 2020, and there are clauses that punish any party that wants to break it in advance.
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