Amidst the controversies coming fromArgentina and those born to Austin, we must still congratulate ourselves on a sporting and human feat which does not suffer from any criticism. And who grows motorcycle sport like the pilot. A feat of arms that we owe to Dani Pedrosa, whose radius was operated on a few days ago and who, nevertheless, braved the pain to achieve the impossible: register ninth on the starting grid for the Grand Prix of the Americas.
Dani Pedrosa is tough to evil and his talent is inversely proportional to his size. Report of a fall in Argentina after a race with John Zarco, the Honda official didn't really know what his level of fitness would be to face the selective Austin route, riding his Honda missile. But on this Sunday of racing, it still holds: “ I'm in more pain than Friday. However, I have more mobility in my wrist. But the pain is much worse. On Saturday I was hoping for rain, but it remained dry and I had to go into battle. I managed to stay in Q.2. It was unexpected. I then suffered during FP4 and qualifying. I'm still happy ».
And we would be less! Now we will have to think about the twenty laps of the Grand Prix of the Americas… “ I don't know if I can finish the race. We are thinking about painkillers and I hope they will help me. Braking and maintaining control of the bike is difficult for me. Changing direction is also complicated because I can't ideally position my body. But I'm here and I'm piloting. I'm not fast and I don't know how long I can last. It is the right hand that is affected and we control everything with it. My head wants to do things my body refuses ».
Austin MotoGP J.2: Ranking
| 1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 2'04.064 | 0.406 | |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 2'04.209 | 0.551 | |
| 3 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 2'04.210 | 0.552 | |
| 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 2'03.658 | ||
| 5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'04.229 | 0.571 | |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 2'04.294 | 0.636 | |
| 7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2'04.456 | 0.798 | |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 2'04.865 | 1.207 | |
| 9 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 2'04.963 | 1.305 | |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 2'05.058 | 1.400 | |
| 11 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 2'05.260 | 1.602 | |
| 12 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 2'05.457 | ||
| 13 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 2'05.686 | ||
| 14 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 2'05.761 | ||
| 15 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 2'05.169 | ||
| 16 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 2'05.873 | ||
| 17 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 2'05.943 | ||
| 18 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 2'05.966 | ||
| 19 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 2'06.035 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 2'06.222 | ||
| 21 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 2'06.296 | ||
| 22 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 2'06.370 | ||
| 23 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2'06.537 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 2'06.726 | ||
