The Honda Repsol rider made progress this weekend and almost returned to the front, which is reason to be optimistic before the overseas tour.
Dani Pedrosa is in full progress since the resumption of the season, as evidenced by his race results since Brno: after eighth place on the Czech track, he took seventh position in Austria before finishing sixth in Misano and progressing by another place in Aragon.
After difficult months, the Spanish driver seems to be getting back on track, and carried out good tests throughout the weekend. Despite a fairly distant FP1 with eighteenth position, he then finished seventh in FP2 and sixth in FP3. Automatically qualified for Q2, he finally finished eighth in FP4 before qualifying sixth, his best qualification since the Jerez Grand Prix.
Although Pedrosa had good pace throughout the weekend, he unfortunately made a poor tire choice in the race. Despite this, he put in a great performance finishing fifth, his best result this season which he also achieved at Le Mans and Barcelona: “Today I was able to be more competitive than in other races and I got closer to the leading group. Unfortunately, I think the key to the race was tire choice. It's a shame because my driving and my pace were good, but my grip on the track was not very high. In addition, the hard rear tire did not offer the same grip as during testing. Perhaps the software would have been better suited to today's track conditions. I lost tenths every lap and I couldn't catch up with the others. Without that, I could have fought for the podium or the victory. Step by step we are progressing a little. We will see if we can be fast in the next race. »
Aragon Grand Prix, MotoGP, J.3: Ranking
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 41'55.949
2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +0.648
3 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki +1.259
4 42 Alex RINS Suzuki +2.638
5 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda +5.274
6 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia +9.396
7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +14.285
8 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha +15.199
9 43 Jack MILLER Ducati +16.375
10 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +22.457
11 21 Franco MORBIDELLI Honda +27.025
12 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda +27.957
13 38 Bradley SMITH KTM +28.821
14 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha +32.345
15 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati +37.639
16 45 Scott REDDING Aprilia +39.585
17 12 Thomas LUTHI Honda +40.763
18 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha +56.296
19 10 Xavier SIMEON Ducati +58.981
20 81 Jordi TORRES Ducati +59.513
Not Classified
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 19 Laps
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 22 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati 0 Lap
