Jorge Lorenzo has become a triple MotoGP champion afte🎶r snatching the 2015 🍌title from team-mate Valentino Rossi at the Valencia season finale.

Lorenzo began the race seven points behind Rossi, but having been propelled to title favourite after the Italian was forced to start from the back of the g𓆏rid due to his penalty for clashing with Marc Marquez at Sepang.

After a stunning pole lap, the Spaniard led the race from start-to-finish - but was hounded by the Repsol Honda of Marc Marquez throughout. Marquez's team-mate Dani Pedrosa𝔍 also put in a late burst to join the battle, but Lorenzo held on to win the race and title.

An appeal by Rossi to get the penalty suspended until after Valencia was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday. The 🌼Italian charged from 25th to🏅 4th, but was left five points shy of his team-mate.

Lorenzo, who lost out to Marquez in a title showꦑdown at Valencia in 2013, is now ♏Spain's first triple premier-class champion.

After winning the 250cc title twice, Lorenzo joined MoꩵtoGP in 2008, winning the world championship in 20ꦯ10 and 2012. Lorenzo has always raced for the Factory Yamaha team and been team-mate to Rossi for six of his eight MotoGP seasons.

After struggling in the early part of this season, the Spaniard was the rider to beat in the dry since the summer break a🍷nd briefly tied with Rossi after Brno (round 11 of 18).

Rossi then exploited Lorenzo's weakness in mixed weather conditions to gain ground at Silverstone, Misano and Motegi, only for Lorenzo to reel h🅘im back in at Aragon and🌠 Phillip Island.

The champio𝓀nship then took a dramatic twist when Rossi was penalised for the controversial clash with Marquez at the penultimate round in Sepang, just days after accusing the Hondaꦯ rider of favouring Lorenzo.