GP of the Americas – Pedrosa: "A positive weekend overall"

Dani Pedrosa finally returned to the podium by taking third place in the Grand Prix of the Americas between Rossi’s Yamaha and Crutchlow’s Honda. The HRC official, who was in the lead for a long time until Marquez escaped, could even have sought second position with a choice of front tire more suited to the rise in temperatures.. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Dani Pedrosa, Honda-Repsol (4th in qualifying and 3rd in race) : "I’m happy because we’ve made a lot of progress today. Overall, the weekend was also positive. We made some improvements from the last few races. In practice, we were closer to the front lines. . Qualifying is still not going as well as I would like. ".

"However, I managed to get off to a decent start to get into the lead in the first corner. It was the first time I had done such a performance in a while. I led the race for a few laps, but it was was difficult to preserve the front tire. I felt the right sidewall was totally worn out so I couldn’t contain Valentino. After the crash in Argentina I didn’t want to lose the front so I tried to rally the arrival".

Site analysis : Author of a spectacular holeshot then an impressive start to the race in front of Marquez, Dani Pedrosa comes back from afar with his third place in Austin since his last podium went back to his victory in San Marino (Italy). That is to say four races without managing to get on the cash, naturally excluding his absence due to injury during the overseas tour at the end of last season: a period of too much failure for an official driver in search of his first world title in MotoGP…

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But time is running out for the sympathetic and courageous Spaniard, whose personal counter will indicate 32 years old on September 29. "Pedro" is attacking his 12th season among the elite on the handlebars of the HRC RCV, a very long collaboration resulting in two modest sixth places overall in recent seasons … Marquez’s teammate is therefore aware of the need to bounce back, even though his presence in the official Honda team is assured until . 

A performance like that achieved yesterday in Austin judiciously puts forward the native of Sabadell (Spain), coached this year by the former driver Sete Gibernau. Too bad he did not manage to spare his front tire of medium hardness (medium) to counter Rossi’s comeback … A more resistant rubber would have allowed Pedrosa to finish better on this circuit favorable to Honda, as the demonstration by Marquez and fourth place by Crutchlow, both started on a hard tire after noting the marked warming of the track temperature (40 ° C on the ground compared to 30 ° C on Saturday in qualifying).

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