Dani Pedrosaretired as an official driver at the end of 2018, has been confirmed as third place in this Saturday’s Sprint race at Jerez after Fabio Quartararowho he battled for third place in the final three laps, was penalized 8 seconds for incorrect tire pressure.
This was confirmed by the championship through its official channels and later by the Red Bull KTM Factory team with a photo of the 38-year-old rider who thus achieved his first Sprint podium when he retired from regular circulation.
The 15 crashes that occurred throughout the Sprint’s 12 laps allowed Dani Pedrosa, who started 16th, to come back and with just over three laps to go he put fourth chasing Quartararo at the finish line where they are separated by 50 thousandths.
Dani Pedrosa’s last podium at the time wearing Repsol Honda colors was certainly a victory he got at the closing of Cheste in 2017. 153, 112 of them in MotoGP marks his Legend record although it will not reach the official statistics of ‘Book Red’ because Sprint is in separate statistics. But the fact that in only four Sprints in his life he has been on the podium even once is another record for him to add.
Unfortunately, since the confirmation took place more than an hour after the race, we lost the beautiful moment of completing the all-Spanish podium with Martín and Acosta in front of the grandstand at Peluqui-Nieto and receiving the ovation from the fans are gone. The least important thing for him is getting points.
Quartararo is not the only one punished since Raúl Fernández (who became sixth) ‘fell’, di Giannantonio (13th), Miller (14th) and Rinse (15th). Rúl Fernández’s penalty allowed Marc Márquez to take place, sixth, and add four points for the classification.
Source: La Verdad
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