Pedrosa’s injuries jeopardize his start to the season

Following his fall in Qatar, the Spaniard will have to heal his wounds for nearly a month. After two well-cut testing sessions this winter, Pedrosa will not participate in the final tests in Jerez and will approach the start of the season in bad shape….

Pedrosa or the curse of the offseason…

Melandri confirms her participation
with the Hayate team

If Pedrosa is still uncertain for the IRTA tests – even for the first race in 2009 – Marco Melandri has just announced that he will be competing for the season on a Kawasaki no longer benefiting from the official support of the Greens (read). Worried about the potential of the ZX RR 2009, the Italian had indeed asked to test it in Qatar before formalizing his commitment to the new Hayate team, headed by the ex-engineer of Kawasaki Racing Team Ichiro Yoda. His main fear was that the bike would not be sufficiently developed during the season, Despite lap times more than three seconds from Stoner (!), The n ° 33 would nevertheless have let it be known that the bike seemed to him better than the previous one and that ‘she had the potential to be "reasonably competitive". A mild euphemism probably announcing a season spent in figuration, while waiting to find a" real "official handlebars in 2010 … However, after a catastrophic 2008 season at Ducati, Melandri’s career would certainly not have not supported a sabbatical year…

Dani Pedrosa knows it only too well: a season at the top level is an equation that hangs by a thread: the right bike, the right settings, a steel mind, but also a rigorous physical preparation to be ready to eat. his opponents as soon as the lights go out in the first race !

However, if the talent of the Spaniard cannot be questioned, that his RC212V benefits from all the attention of the HRC and that his team manager, Alberto Puig, knew how to instill in him his extreme vision of competition, his offseason is turning. regularly at the Stations of the Cross…

In 2003, just crowned with his 125 title, the young Spaniard had seriously injured both ankles in Australia, compromising at the same time his passage in 250. As a great driver, he nevertheless hangs his first quarter-liter crown despite a winter spent watching his opponents train !

Falling infrequently but heavily, Pedrosa experienced the same disillusionment in the premier class: in 2008, he had to have a titanium plate fixed in his hand in order to treat an injury contracted in Sepang. Present at the IRTA trials in Jerez, he had however refused to participate in the BMW M Award so as not to take risks. His absence left the responsibility for the development of the Honda RC212V to his former team-mate, the American Nicky Hayden..

Alexandre BARDIN – Photos DR

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