Dani Pedrosa never misses an opportunity to bring us back to the fundamentals of motorcycle racing. While we procrastinate on the fairings and torture our minds about the cohabitation between the engines and the single electronic box, the team member of Marc Márquez, he only thinks about one thing: the tires. And with the Argentine Grand Prix approaching, we can't blame him.
We will indeed remember that, last year, the tires of the man who was then beginning his career as a sole manufacturer suffered. To the point that a rear-end incident with Scott Redding had forced Michelin to review its allocation to the teams and the organizers to cut their race in two, with a compulsory stop between the ninth and tenth laps to continue with new tires.
Since then, experience has been acquired, but the Argentinian track has remained the same: “ For this Grand Prix, making predictions is difficult as long as we know nothing about the condition of the track and how the tires will behave there. As a rule, asphalt is very dirty and puts a lot of strain on tires. However, he improves during the meeting ". Dixit Dani Pedrosa.
He specifies : " we will do our best. We will start with the same adjustment bases as in Qatar, of course adapting the gear ratios and electronics to the track. Friday we will see where we stand ».
Fifth at Losail, Dani Pedrosa arrives on a route that he likes. Forfeited in 2015, he finished second at Rio Hondo with the Honda in 2014 and third last year.
