Although they race in two different worlds, MotoGP World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo has nothing but respect for the riders competing in the legendary motorcycle racing series taking place on the Isle of Man next month.

And those worlds will come together as Lorenzo takes to the legendary Mountain circuit for the first time. The Fiat Yamaha rider is due to lap the TT course ahead of the Senior TT on June 11, alongside Grand Prix great and fellow Spaniard Angel Nieto.

 “I’m very glad to have the opportunity to be at the TT this year and ride the Yamaha R1 together with Angel,” Lorenzo said in the latest edition of the TT Newsletter, “It will be a great honor for me because this is one of the most famous and epic races, it still keeps all the meaning of real motorcycling and pilots who ride here deserve the biggest respect.”

“Furthermore, I will bring my experience in testing the D-air racing in MotoGP as a Dainese Safety ambassador,” he notes.

Nieto, a winner of 90 GPs and 13 world championships, also spoke of his respect for TT racers in the latest newsletter.

Senior Race Day promises to be a star-studded affair – not only is there the blue-riband finale to racing the Mountain for 2010 and the lap by Lorenzo and Nieto, but there is also a wonderful parade lap planned to celebrate Suzuki’s 50th anniversary of racing, which will be led away by MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi, and a parade of classic machines, including Luigi Taveri on a Honda.

And as if that wasn’t enough excitement, Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing star Cameron Donald is scheduled to lap the TT course on Capirossi’s 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R.

Speaking of legendary respect, Grand Prix great Angel Nieto feels strongly about the event and it’s competitors.

“It is many years since I’ve been on the Isle of Man and it will be very emotional to be at the TT races again,” Nieto said, ”It is a very difficult circuit and a unique race – very different from MotoGP – and is only for the most talented riders.”