Dani Pedrosa is now a KTM test rider who showed during the last Spanish Grand Prix that at even 37 years old he would have his place on a MotoGP grid. But his story, his career, was made with Honda, a manufacturer which was in much better shape when he left. We will remember that the brand never offered him the role that KTM gave him when claiming his pension rights. Alberto Puig, in particular, never thought he could be useful, and at the time, the dependence on Marc Marquez alone at the top of his form was intoxicating and high while obfuscating all discernment. Today's withdrawal is all the more painful and since Mugello, we are now tearing each other apart in the public square. A decline which does not leave the “Titanium” indifferent.
Dani Pedrosa has already said practically everything about the crisis that we are currently experiencing Honda with this analysis: “ I understand that they are in a strange situation for what they are. It's perhaps a bit of a harvest of certain things that happened before. What you see now are things that happened before ". And what happened before was this: “ when I was leading the evolution of the bike I had the parts first and I never thought about myself. My way has always been to do what is best for the team, and if I had the best parts to make the best motorcycle, I wasn't thinking of my rival right next door, but of Yamaha, Ducati... Because I consider myself part of the brand. Later, Marc Marquez had another way of doing things, which I never did because it's not my way of being. For example, before Marc arrived, with Stoner, we never did this game either ».
And this way of doing things is absolutely recognized as detailed by Marc Marquez himself, thus remembering his cohabitation with Dani Pedrosa : “ At the time we had a great bike and everything worked well. So if a play worked for Pedrosa, I didn't like it it and I said: “It’s not working, I want the other one, I want this spare part, since I’m in the lead!” Don't give him that! It was like that. And when people asked me: 'what about this room? You want to try ?' I did not want. Because I didn't want him to have it ».
Dani Pedrosa: “ it's difficult to accept and understand »
Here we are in 2023. Marc Marquez was injured for a long time and Honda no longer had any guidance or recommendations from its omnipotent champion. Who no longer hesitates to identify his RC213V as a kind of abomination, both ineffective and dangerous. One last character that Marc Marquez underlined at Mugello, which is never good for the brand image of a manufacturer, and even less so when you are the first in the world.
Dani Pedrosa heard this analysis of Marc Marquez and sees the field of ruin that his former camp has become where the wounded are legion. We will recall that in the next German Grand Prix this weekend, out of four drivers competing, only two will be at the Sachsenring, the other two, Kidneys et Mir, recovering from their Tuscan misfortunes.
The former factory driver Honda, spoke to 'DAZN Spain' about this situation, comments relayed by motorsport total... " It’s obvious that it’s starting to get a little tiring. » he said, referring to the numerous accidents suffered by HRC pilots. “ The pattern repeats itself. It is difficult to accept and understand. Analysis is necessary, we must look for the causes and proceed step by step ". And he ends by recalling the importance of the Grand Prix which is coming: “ at the Sachsenring, Marc Marquez will be able to evaluate himself, gauge the bike, the team and the tires. You can correctly assess the whole package at Sachsenring because it is a track, where he has won more than ten times. He has references and knows in which years it was better or worse ". We are impatiently awaiting the verdict.
