Dani Pedrosa is the nugget that KTM keeps in reserve in its Mattighofen setting and who polishes an RC16 in the shadows of the test sessions to make it more shiny. The man who is also a Grand Prix legend and who has shown on occasion that he has lost none of his speed therefore knows the Austrian machine very well. He is identified as one of the major players who made it a motorcycle capable of winning on occasion. However, he cannot perform miracles either. In a recent interview, he announced bad news to the drivers who own the brand: the RC16 has apparently reached the limit of legal development that can be done during the season...
It is a clear message that Dani Pedrosa sent to the pilots KTM in MotoGP and also on occasion to those who would be interested in an RC16 to continue their career: the Austrian opus no longer has much room for maneuver within the current framework of the regulations to improve itself. An evaluation which gives particular relief to the recent remarks of a Pete Beirer who would like to put everything back together by removing, in particular, the ailerons.
Because to listen Dani Pedrosa on DAZN and comments relayed by Todocircuito, without redistribution of the cards, it will be difficult to KTM to do better: we are working on the future " he said. “ We try to improve the things we can. Not everything can be improved due to the regulation, which is closed. It does not allow improvements to be made to the entire motorcycle. We suffer especially in qualifying. We qualified far behind, so we fell back a little in the race. But starting from behind is a bit complicated. To make a big leap, of course we have to change important things on the bike, but that can't be done ».
Dani Pedrosa: “rookies Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández must come to terms with the team"
Dani Pedrosa does not stop on the case of the machine. It also gives an indication of the general functioning of the project with a detail that is of interest: “ rookies Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández are suffering, they must come to terms with the team. The team also has rookie mechanics, making it difficult to get them up to speed.».
Nothing is simple, therefore, at KTM where we nevertheless fight tooth and nail to remain among the best. In this bitter fight, Dani Pedrosa will he occasionally take up arms and thus provide reinforcement on the front line? As always on this subject of the wildcard, the Spaniard is neither for nor against, quite the contrary… “ For the moment we have nothing set in stone, we need to see if we have something important to try that can't be tested with the officials, then that makes a lot of sense, and if not, then no ».
