MotoGP: Top 5 riders with most podium finishes

#2 Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo - a man on a comeback trail in 2019

Jorge Lorenzo's 15th birthday in 2002 saw him make his debut in the 125cc class and the cherry on top was that it happened to be at the Jerez Circuit, in his home country of Spain.

In 2007, Lorenzo won the 250cc Championship in some style and in 2008 he made the jump to the Premier Class as Team Yamaha offered him a two-year contract to partner the legendary Valentino Rossi. A hat-trick of podium finishes in his first 3 races earned him the distinction of being the youngest to do so. In his debut season, he was 3rd in the standings and the following year, he gave Rossi a run for his money by finishing runner-up in the riders' standings.

In 2010, he turned the tables on 7-time champion Rossi and became the second Spaniard after Alex Criville to be crowned World Champion. In 2012, he won his second World title and in the ensuing process became the very first Spaniard to win two at the MotoGP level. The 2015 season saw a nail-biting finish as Lorenzo pipped his long-time Yamaha teammate Rossi to win his third title by a wafer-thin margin of 5 points.

Now a member of Team Repsol Honda, Lorenzo will look to recapture his winning ways. The veteran Spaniard has a total of 114 podium finishes and will be looking to open his account in 2019 for his new team.