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Cal Crutchlow pins Dani Pedrosa as possible 2019 Honda test rider: “Stefan Bradl is more neutral”.
The 2019 Honda MotoGP rider list is complete, but there are still some doubts about the name of the test rider. Alberto Puig admitted to having offered the role to a Dani Pedrosa who has neither accepted nor refused yet (for him a similar offer also arrived from KTM). While waiting to know his future, Cal Crutchlow expresses his opinion, as usual without tongue in cheek.
The British rider of satellite team LCR, who owns an RC213 almost similar to the official bike, does not believe that Dani is a good option for HRC, because of his riding style which is too soft and too flowing. “Dani is a fantastic rider, he won 30 races or something like that in MotoGP (31, to be exact, editor’s note), but he is a very special driver », Cal Crutchlow told Motorsport. “He's not a very neutral rider, he's very gentle with the throttle, very gentle with the brakes, that's not the way most riders ride…. Marc is special because of what he can do on the bike, because no one else can do it, but the way Dani rides is also very special..
Better to continue with Stefan Bradl despite some small frictions in recent weeks, after the Brno accident which, according to him, would have delayed the adoption of the carbon swingarm on his bike. “We need someone much more neutral, like Stefan [Bradl]. Stefan does a good job as a test pilot because he is a neutral pilot. , Crutchlow added. “I think the information he gives, or the data he can provide, is that of a more normal pilot”.
Despite the criticism that came after Brno, where he sent Vinales and Smith to the ground, this does not call into question his qualities as a test driver. Now the decision rests with Dani Pedrosa, depending on his motivations to take the role of test driver. In the event of refusal, Bradl could freely continue to be a tester in 2019. For the peace of Cal Crutchlow.
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