As soon as Jorge Lorenzo was made official in his place on the second Honda of the official team from the 2019 season, Dani Pedrosa published a short press release explaining that he would speak about his future quickly.
This was scheduled for this Thursday at 16:15 p.m. and the Dorna Sports SL cameras broadcast live this “extra-ordinary” press conference which was held in the hospitality of the Repsol Honda team.
Dani Pedrosa: “I was planning to come here to talk to you about my future, but the truth is that I can’t say anything yet. There are several options, which are good options, but things are not yet clear enough. I'm sorry I brought you here for nothing. I want to take my time so as not to make a bad decision. I can't say much more. I need time to think about this. I don't want to rush and make a bad decision, but at the same time I would like things to be clearer so I can race with a free mind and concentrate more on the Grands Prix. But today the situation is this. I suppose I will be able to say more in the coming days. But I don't think that will happen during this GP because I want to stay focused on the race this weekend so that it is the opposite of that of Mugello”.
It therefore seems that the Spanish driver is not ready to retire, and that is already excellent news!
For the rest, we will report here later all the (very small) details given by a Titanium which, according to all logic, seems to be eyeing Yamaha-Petronas, if as long as this option sees the light of day...
Retirement, Superbike or Yamaha satellite, Dani Pedrosa however did not want to give the slightest indication despite the numerous attempts of the journalists present, contenting himself with saying that this departure from Honda had been more or less in the air for 2 years (We are recalls that he had then been in contact with Yamaha).
Dani Pedrosa: “the decision came from me. I needed to see new things and I think it was the right time to start looking at what my future could be. Things are not as complicated as you think, they are quite simple. I started thinking about it about 2 years ago”.
However, we cannot help but note that, despite these questions that arose 2 years ago, Dani Pedrosa today finds himself in a relatively difficult situation, all the factory motorcycles having already been allocated...
