For his twelfth consecutive season with Team Repsol Honda, Dani currently occupies fourth position in the provisional general classification with four races remaining, 54 points behind leader teammate Marc Marquez, 38 behind Andrea Dovizioso and 16 behind Maverick Vinales. , with 2 points ahead of fifth place Valentino Rossi.
This year, Pedrosa won the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, also achieving pole position there, as he would later do in Catalonia. Dani has managed to accumulate eight podiums this year, in Austin, Jerez, Le Mans, Barcelona, Germany, Brno, Austria and Aragon.
Frank Aday speedweek. com asked him what his opponents' weaknesses were.
“Normally you always focus on the strengths of your opponents. Weaknesses are more complicated » explained Pedrosa. “ Strengths are more important because they make a difference. »
“This year, for example, it is difficult to find a weakness in the Ducati. Because everyone can see how much they have improved. They are now very fast in testing and racing, on different circuits.
“It is difficult to predict whether this will continue the same or change by the end of the season. »
Valentino Rossi will he still play a role in the fight for the title?
“At the end of the day, every driver is in this together, because there are always races where others can be on the podium and you suffer. This could cost Marc points. Danilo Petrucci sometimes goes well for example. »
“But it’s not the points that are taken from you that are important, but the ones that you can score. »
“It’s surprising that Rossi came back so soon. This type of injury sometimes heals very quickly, but sometimes more slowly. From my experience, for example, I know that the same injured finger does not always heal as quickly. »
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Source: speedweek. com
