Austrian MotoGP GP – Pedrosa (3rd): "I was faster than expected"
Casually, the discreet Dani Pedrosa signs in Austria his 7th podium of the season and keeps his 5th place in the provisional classification of the world championship, 35 points behind his teammate Marc Marquez.
"I am very, very happy with the way this weekend went and to finish on the podium, because we fought a lot during the tests", analyzes with satisfaction Dani Pedrosa who climbs on his 7th podium of the season (including one) after going through Q1 to finally start in eighth position on the grid.
Modest, "Pedro" was able to take advantage of his official Honda this year, even if he took advantage of the fight between Dovizioso and Marquez at the front of the race to make up for his delay. He is ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and above all sticks more than 5 seconds to the Yamaha, in difficulty in Austria despite the superb 5th place of Zarco in front of Viñales and Rossi…
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"It turned out that I was faster than expected in the race", explains the n ° 26: "I still have problems with the front blocking and the rear slipping away, but our strategy of race worked very well. I was not too aggressive at the start, I took my time with a full tank to save gasoline (one of the problems of the Austrian circuit, Editor’s note), then little by little I increased the pace. I reduced the gap with the lead, also because Marc and Dovi were fighting and getting in the way ".
“Unfortunately, when I caught up with them the rear tire was overheating and I had no grip anymore. I couldn’t fight with them but I’m still happy with this podium, I’m proud of my team and of the work we have done here ".
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