Pedrosa admits “I dreamed of a podium”

With the permission of the winner Jorge Martín, the man of the day in the World International Circuit Marco Simoncelli from Misano-Adriatico became Dani Pedrosa and a massive press conference at Red Bull Energy Station hospitality is clear proof. His proverbial public shyness prevented him from giving free rein to euphoria. He is 190 thousandths away from the podium after five seasons without being a star grid driver. “Yes, it was cool,” he concluded.

“Yes, I dreamed of the podium. I was on the bike and I was thinking: ‘If this is the podium’. At the same time, Pecco defended phenomenally in the corners. He was driving quite internally when braking and braking very late. He made me He left very little room for maneuver. Maybe Binder, being aggressive, would have put the motor on, but I wasn’t very relaxed at that moment. I lost a bit of time there, that’s why Binder. We were late. In general “very happy with the race,” said little samurai

Regarding his expectations this weekend in Misano, he said that “I don’t know what to expect, to be honest, because we came after the race in Jerez and the active riders are racing all the time. In addition , we have to adapt to ‘qualifying’, which They are very explosive, and luckily ours was very good and we are on the second row, and that already changes the start quite a bit, the first laps and so on. If for any reason officially you get a yellow flag, things like that They’re out of your control and they can punish you, and you don’t start in the second line, your career changes. So, we’re open to whatever comes. Never once we never thought it would be this way or that way.”

Asked if, instead of being a test driver, he would have been a regular in the world championship, he would have tried to overtake Bagnaia more energetically, he admitted that “it’s possible, because you’re more used to overtaking, ride. side by side and you don’t want to be influenced” .

As for whether he can try again for the podium in this Sunday’s race, he was cautious: “I don’t know, but tomorrow we will try.”

They even compared his return to Michael Jordan’s return to basketball after his flirtation with baseball. “Holy shit, comparing myself to Jordan is strong, but thank you. I don’t know. I can’t answer that question on a personal level, because it would be too arrogant. All I can tell you is that, now in old me, if I start thinking about the day Rossi won his last race (he was 38 years and 129 days at Assen 2017 but didn’t retire until he was 42 years old).

“I put myself in the position of a 37-year-old, I realize that this is a difficult thing to do. I suppose that later on other drivers who are expanding their sports career will also understand this. Six or seven years that in the past, me, who was younger, Let’s just say I didn’t really appreciate the fact that they could win at that age. Now that I have it and I’m running some races again, and you’re leading the young, which in my early twenties, I really appreciate it. Now I say “Running at that age and at that level is harder than when you were a kid. There’s no doubt about that,” said Dani.