Mercato Moto GP: Dani Pedrosa remains at Honda until 2018

The official announcement of the renewal of Dani Pedrosa’s contract with the official Honda HRC team for the next two seasons (2017 and 2018) fell a few days before the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, putting an end to very hypothetical rumors of merger of n ° 26 with Yamaha . 

The official announcement of the renewal of Dani Pedrosa’s contract with the official Honda HRC team for the next two seasons (2017 and 2018) fell a few days before the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, putting an end to very hypothetical rumors of . 

Always ahead, never sacred…

The 30-year-old Catalan driver, currently 4th in the championship 37 points behind leader Lorenzo, will therefore continue his career with the manufacturer who has followed him since his debut in Grand Prix in 2001. 125 cc world champion then titled in both 250 cc following seasons (and), "Pedro" entered the premier class in the official Honda team.

Three times already the teammate of the titled driver at the end of the season (, then and), the n ° 26 very often missed his ultimate goal because of bad injuries, like his serious treated at the beginning of last season.

Very talented, humble and endowed with real sporting values, Dani Pedrosa already has three places of vice-world champion in MotoGP in, and (read in particular our).

Born in Sabadell (Spain) on September 29, 1985, this reserved thirty-something but with a frank smile has developed a particular riding style due to his small size, using his arms a lot on angle changes and shifting strongly on his motorcycle to re-accelerate. 

This "Pedrosa Touch" is perhaps at the origin of its difficulties often encountered with the RCV, nervous and demanding motorcycle. Even more important features this year, to which must be added a concern for exploiting power, largely generated by the use of unique software that Honda is struggling to domesticate. 

Note that Dani Pedrosa is extending his contract before the leader of the Honda clan, Marc Marquez. Rumor has it that "Pedro" is negotiating up to 6 million euros per season, far from the 12 million Ducati would offer the defending champion, .

"I am very happy to announce that I am continuing with the Repsol Honda team," said Pedrosa, who had been slightly annoyed at Le Mans at being the subject of unfounded rumors of his time with Yamaha..

"I am very grateful to Honda which gives me its trust for two more years", he underlines while the HRC salutes for its part its "loyalty" as well as "its passion and its determination" remained intact.

"I think my best option was to continue with the brand I have been racing for since my first race," Pedro analyzes: "I am happy the negotiations were quick and I can now focus on the race. I will give myself at 100% this weekend at the Italian GP ".

And the other pieces of the chessboard ?

With this signing, the MotoGP chessboard is slowly but surely taking shape, since only the contracts of Marquez, Dovizioso, Iannone and Vinales remain to be validated among the top riders. However, Marquez’s reappointment to the HRC is obvious (Honda cannot afford to lose him and Yamaha cannot place him with Rossi), while the arrival of Maverick Viñales at Yamaha should be announced this week, on the sidelines of the GP d ‘Italy.

It then remains to replace Viñales at Suzuki, probably by Johann Zarco who would have a pre-engagement for this purpose with the coat of arms of Hamamatsu. Unless one of the two Andrea (Dovizioso and Iannone) of the Ducati team, soon available following the hiring of Lorenzo, does the interior for our French rider? To be continued on MNC: stay connected !

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