While Dani's RC213V saddle is highly coveted within the Repsol Honda team (we're talking about Cal Crutchlow, Johann Zarco and even Jorge Lorenzo), Pedrosa's former chief mechanic found an RC16 that would be a good fit. to the driver with whom he worked at Honda until 2014.
Pedrosa has been a Red Bull athlete since he competed in the MotoGP World Championship in 2006, as recalled speedweek, owned by Red Bull. Secondly, Red Bull KTM team manager Mike Leitner spent eleven years with Pedrosa as team principal until the end of 2014. The relationship between the Austrian and the Spaniard has remained friendly ever since. breaking.
Dani Pedrosa as KTM factory rider? Is such a scenario conceivable?
“If you want to have a pilot like Pedrosa as a driver, no one can be offended. This would be a perfect solution, Leitner replied.
“We are currently talking to pilots. It remains to be seen how the driver market will develop. As soon as some drivers have signed their new contracts, the situation will become clearer.
“Right now you have to think in all directions.
“I think Dani still has a future at Repsol-Honda. He must clarify for his part how things are going there. »
Dani Pedrosa is the only rider to have won at least one MotoGP race every year since 2006.
" Yes of course. Dani has yet to win the MotoGP World Championship. But he is one of the best drivers in this class, that's 100% sure.
“But we have to wait and see how the whole driver market will develop.
You have technicians from the KTM team who were at Repsol and HRC. Dani would meet some familiar faces.
“Yes, yes, yes, we have experienced people with us.
But can we expect to move from the most successful team to a newcomer like KTM? Will he not think of stopping?
“It’s a decision he has to make alone.
“But as you say, there are not many riders who can win a MotoGP race every year. As long as he can maintain that, he will definitely still be in the MotoGP rider market.
If you take a look at the current top-10 or top-12, who else do you like as a driver? Petrucci, Miller?
“Quite simply, we have to take into consideration everyone who has not yet signed elsewhere. We can cross out anyone who is already under contract. We are in a phase where there are a lot of discussions and negotiations. It's clear. »
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