Malaysian GP – Pedrosa (5th): "The three overseas races were difficult"
Dani Pedrosa expected better from this 2017 Malaysian GP, on the strength of his performance on dry track which had materialized by his third pole position of the year. Alas, the rain came to shower the hopes of the official Honda rider … Statements and analysis MNC.
Dani Pedrosa, Honda-Repsol (1st in qualifying and 5th in race) : "On a wet track, we did not have high hopes in view of the free practice on Friday. We expected to finish last, as in Misano! In these conditions, this fifth place represents a positive step forward. We managed to make the good choices, like going to settings we had never used before ".
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“We also opted for soft tires, because they gave me the most grip in the corners. The only problem was keeping them at the right temperature, otherwise the wheel would spin in a straight line. an aspect not necessarily easy to manage with the two long straights at Sepang. I was wasting a lot of time there, but I could negotiate the curves better. ".
"In the end we finished fifth, which is good but on the other hand we were convinced to post a good result in the dry. And unfortunately it started to rain just before the race! The three races contested in addition -mer was very difficult (retirement due to a tire problem and 12th in, Editor’s note) and I didn’t score a lot of points. I am therefore impatient to go to Valence to end the season with a good race ".
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Site analysis: Along with Yamaha officials, Dani Pedrosa is the most unfortunate rider to have seen the rain fall on the MotoGP Sepang circuit! "Pedro" – like Rossi and Viñales – suffers from poor traction on a wet track, to the point of fear of finishing last in Malaysia !
The Honda official finally limited the damage on the Malay track, managing to keep fifth place until the end, where he came down in the first laps. Admittedly, the n ° 26 finished 29.144 seconds behind the winner and 11.381 seconds behind his teammate Marc Marquez, but he was ahead of three of the best "tightrope walkers" in the wet: Danilo Petrucci, Valentino Rossi and Jack Miller !
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There remains the disappointment of missing out on a possible feat on a dry track: Dani Pedrosa had shown in qualifying an excellent potential at Sepang by achieving his third pole position of the season. His convincing pace augured for a good race, even a possible second victory this year, especially from the first place..
"I have never had so many pole positions", joked – halfway – the HRC driver who did not sign any pole for the entire 2016 season! In detail, his best score in MotoGP qualifying was five pole positions in 2007 and then in 2012: since those good years, his presence at the top of the first row has been quite limited (one pole in 2014 and 2015, two in 2013).
It is also since this period that his final position in the world championship tends to decrease: fifth for his first season in 2006, "Pedro" then ranked several times second (2007, 2010 and 2012) or third (2008, 2009 and 2013) before failing to climb to the final podium.
Fourth in 2014 and 2015, n ° 26 recorded his worst ranking in the premier class last year with sixth place. The friendly Spanish – – is currently in 5th position in the provisional, 12 points behind Rossi and 31 ahead of Zarco.
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In other words: if he has a good race in Valencia at the beginning of November and the Doctor stumbles, Dani Pedrosa can hope to regain 4th place overall! On the other hand, his very talented French pursuer is no longer a threat since only 25 points remain to be distributed.
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