Dani Pedrosa did his job and until the last moments of a contract he had signed with KTM for the development of the RC16. The results for the Spaniard can only be positive given the progress made by a bike which now has three Grands Prix to its credit. And now ? It is hard to imagine that the lease will not be renewed. Both parties still need to agree to sign it...
Dani Pedrosa worked for two days on the RC16 with Mika Kallio with a view, already, to preparing for 2021. A year which will be special for an Austrian brand now in the big leagues from a regulation point of view. By this, mean that the manufacturer will no longer benefit from the said “ concession points » which allowed it, in 2020, to benefit from a great testing program. The latter had started to Sepang, in February, then twenty days followed, distributed between the Red Bull Ring (May and July), Brno (July and August), Misano (august), Portimao (october), Valencia (October) and finally, therefore, Jerez (December).
Dani Pedrosa will close his second season as a test pilot KTM at the end of 2020. His contribution accelerated the development of the RC16 until it was a winner. During the three-year period 2017-2019, KTM had only won one podium in MotoGP, in the rain in 2018, but in the second year of the commitment of Pedrosa, the music has changed: three victories with Binder et Olive tree and five podiums won by Pol Espargaro, for a fifth position in the world championship.
Dani Pedrosa announces more work to be done
However, the contract between the two parties expires at the end of the year and there is still no news on the renewal, although at the beginning of October Pedrosa had assumed he would also be the tester next season. “ The loss of concessions ", said Dani, " is a significant change for KTM. Last year and this year we did a lot of testing, tried on many circuits, and that helped us to progress. We will now have to abandon certain circuits, and I think I'm going to have to tour some more ". So to be continued. Otherwise, at Honda, there is Marc Marquez To replace…
