Following the recent news that teammate Ben Spies is set to leave the Yamaha Factory Racing team at the end of the season, Lorenzo said: "It's sad news to hear that Ben is not continuing. For Yamaha it's really sad, because he has been a Yamaha rider for a long time.
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