The current MotoGP season may have been a miserable one for Jorge Lorenzo, w🌱ho announced his retirement at Valencia on Thursday.

But with 68 grand prix victories and𓂃 five world championships, his career highlights definitely outnumber the lows.

"It's 🥂very difficult to chose one, because luckily I've lived a lot of very good moments," Lorenzo said at his retཧirement press conference.

"But if🌞 I had to chose one, it would be Malaysia 2010," he declared, referring to his first MotoGP title victory, "because I achieved the most important title ♔that any rider in the world can achieve.

"This gave me a lot of freedom, a lot of satisfaction, and𒆙 I wasꦉ free, professionally."

Casting the net wider to include a top-five moments, Lorenzo added other career milestones, plus his incredible weekend at📖 ꦑAssen 2013.

Lorenzo broke his collarbone in Thursday practice for the Dutch TT, had a plate inserted during surgery in Barcelona in the early hours of Friday, then flew back and rode to fifth place in♏ the Saturday race!

"My top five [✤♏moments] would be my first [125cc] victory in Brazil 2003, my first [250cc] world title in Valencia 2006, then obviously the first MotoGP title [2010].

"I would put also Assen 2013, because I did something incredible that shows how the mind can 💧push 🐬the body to the limits.

"A🎐nd then probably my last world title, here at Valencia in 2015."

The 2015 title victory, over team-mate Valentino Rossi at the season finale, was also the only year to date in which Marc Marquez has been defeated i𒁏n the premier-class.

After delving 🍰into the past, Lorenzo was asked to glance into his&🅷nbsp;future.

"Well, I alway🐓s said that life is not only about bikes," he replied. "There are many th💖ings to do in life. We all work in this sport, but billions of people are working in other things!

" I have some passions, but I didn't think too much yet. I would like to do some long vacations this winter, somewhere sunny𒆙 with beaches, and then I'll start planning my next chapter."

Loren♈zo's final MotoGP weekend will begin at Valencia on Friday morning.