The Spanish Dani Pedrosa, KTM test rider and invited by the brand to compete in the San Marino MotoGP Grand Prix at the Misano Adriatico circuit, is confident that he will be able to be at the same level as in the previous race where he was invited, at the Grand Prix of Spain from Jerez de la Frontier. Dani Pedrosa then finished sixth in the sprint race and seventh in the Grand Prix race on Sunday.
Due to his retirement as a Repsol Honda rider at the end of 2018 and after signing in 2019 as a KTM tester, the man from Castellar del Vallès will have three wildcards, the first in the 2021 Styrian GP where he closed the top-10 in despite the bumpy race start.
“Jerez was very good and I think we did a great job, and now we are here to start again and try to do our plan because we have to adapt a little bit to the new training setup on Friday and the tires that can done. used. here”, explained Misano Pedrosa, three-time world champion.
Referring to the results in Jerez, he was confident in repeating them: “I hope so, because the whole team was on top in Jerez, but I don’t know because it’s hard to know now, we don’t know how the Ducatis will go here , because it is their circuit from home and the pilots always come”.
“Every time I was training, they were also training with the street bikes and just like me in Jerez I played in my own field, now they play here. That, like it or not, gives the riders extra motivation” Pedrosa acknowledged.
“In Jerez, I felt very loved by the fans and in general by the paddock, by the mechanics and riders of the younger generation. For example, many riders asked me to exchange helmets and so on. This is a sign that this respect existed.said Pedrosa.
Pedrosa was asked about the characteristics of the KTM riders tester but he admitted that he did not know what to answer.
“I haven’t seen that they cooperate with the mechanics, because when they are in racing mode, it is difficult to test and I should analyze it more to give a fair answer,” he said.
“The truth is that we are developing as a team, everyone is rowing in the same direction. From the first day and Pit (Beirer) knows it, I have given my one hundred percent, and as a result of this many others have added. up and we’re all rowing in the same direction. That’s the good thing about a team that has a mentality that wants to win and has a positive mindset to add to each other. The sum of the values is what gives the highest results “, explained Pedrosa about the development of KTM.
Regarding the crashes in Montmeló, Dani Pedrosa said that “as a fan, it was a big fear, because you see the crash in the first corner and immediately you see the ‘Pecco’ fly and all the riders who trying to avoid it. It was a situation of anguish at the time. When you see Brad walk into her… it’s hard.”
“It seems to have all the starting systems, which help your start to be very good, having less application from the rider, because the bike helps you not to have a ‘wheelie’ (raised from the front wheel ) and have a better start, they all reach the first corner together. Before, one went out fast, another not, the other from behind did… And like it or not, there are gaps and they can be distributed a bit,” he said about the event.
“Now everyone starts fast, no one fails and everyone brakes at the same time. It is a possibility that it made the starts a little more of a funnel,” he commented as a possible cause of the accident, although he admitted that He Doesn’t It affects him a lot when it comes to playing a grand prix as a guest and he smiles when he says “no, no, although from home they squeeze me”.
Pedrosa is one of three factory testers who will participate in Misano as a wild card along with Stefan Bradl for Honda and Michele Pirro for Ducati. In addition, replacing Alex Rins at LCR Honda is the HRC test driver Takumi Takahashi because Iker Lecuona, the rider who got the most casualties this year among Honda riders, has an appointment this weekend at Magny Cours with the Superbike World Championship.
Source: La Verdad
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