The Honda Repsol driver is having one of his most complicated starts to the season but sees his future becoming clearer with proposals for 2019. However, he needs to raise the bar and his home Grand Prix could be an excellent opportunity.
Dani Pedrosa was eagerly awaited by the press, but also by his fans, on Thursday, to communicate about his future, which some thought would be far from the Grands Prix, in retirement. Despite a press conference "for nothing", he announced that he had good offers for next year, which means that he should still be part of the line-up. First good news.
However, the Spaniard really needs to get a good result this weekend, and a podium would be ideal to finally put an end to his bad luck since the start of the year. A top 3 would also allow him to not put 2018 at the top of the ranking for the worst start to the season of his career.
With a route still modified, doubts could be allowed regarding the Montmeló circuit, but at the end of this first day, Pedrosa is reassured. First twelfth this morning in FP1, he then finished eighth in FP2 this afternoon. A very calm start to go little by little: “I think the day was quite positive, as after a slow start we were able to improve our pace throughout the sessions. We tried to make good use of the time we had on track by testing a lot of tires. It's also good from the perspective of the work we're doing, because we already understand who we want to work with. I think this is an important milestone for the race. Our lap speed is another important aspect that we would like to improve but, as I said, we had good pace today and I'm happy with that. »
