Jorge𝓰 Lorenzo has been asked about returning to MotoGP with wildcard races, as Dani Pedrosa ha♛s done.

Pedrosa, now a KTM test rider, received plaudits from onlookers and fellow🉐 riders with his wildcard appearan𓆏ces last season.

Now 38 and six years on from his full-timꦯe racing retirement, Pedrosa will race as a wildcar𓆏d for KTM in Jerez this year.

Could his fierce rival Lorenzo imagine♈ doing the same?

“Motorcycles and racing꧒ have been part of my life for 30 ye📖ars,” he told .

“They are still part of my life, but in a dif🎐ferent way.

“I have competed for 18 years as a professional.

“The adrenaline and happiness that winning races and being a M﷽otoGP champion generates is very difficult to achieve in other areas of life.

“But, to achieve victories and championships, one has to sacrifice m꧂any things in one's life and has to lose𓆏 others that are also very interesting.

“It is very difficult to🐈 repeat thos𓆉e peaks of happiness.

“But now, taking an average of𒁏 my days, I consider mysel♛f happier than before.”

He shu⛦t down the idea of following in Pedrosa’s🅷 footsteps.

“Not at all, that chapter of my life is comp൩letely closed,” Lorenzo said.

“If I haven't returned whenꦡ I'm 33 or 34 years old, I'm not going to do it now.

“Nor to be a test rider.

“💞Cars give me adrenaline and competition and without so much risk, I don't think I'll work as a motorcycle racer again.”

Lorenzo retired five years ago from a career whichꦯ yielded two MotoGP titles, and is now 36.

He remains racing - but now on four wheels.

“I will continue competing,” he said.

“I will do it wi🧜th Aston Martin, in the Italian GT. This yearꩵ there will only be four races.”

Lorenzo▨ also works as a bro🀅adcaster on MotoGP for Spanish television.

He described it: “Very relaxed, it's not the✱ pressure of racing when you're a rider.

“When you are a rider, you not only have pressure from your team and sponsors, but you are risking your life every time you put on 𒈔your helmet.

“Talking about motorcycles is much ea𝓰sier given the difficulty of the job, because it also has its own thing.

“I have a great time talking about what I like 🍃most, contributing my experience to the viewer.”