Dani Pedrosa joined KTM as a test rider after deciding to retire as a regular rider. Following a prestigious career spent under the Honda umbrella, the three-time World Champion, who only had vice-champion status in MotoGP, plunged into his mission of developing the RC16 late in life. due to injury but with great interest. He should have continued his noble, shadowy mission before Johann Zarco and the Mattighofen firm agreed to prematurely end an adventure planned until 2020. Since then, he has been back in the spotlight...
And for good reason: it is he who is hoped for instead of Johann zarco, as soon as the latter has decided to no longer climb on his KTM. A situation which is far from certain and the leaders of Mattighofen are well aware of it. They have already sworn that they will respect the decision of Dani Pedrosa, whoever she is.
For the moment, the one who is among the legends of the Grands Prix has not exactly taken a position, leaving the door to a comeback open: “ first of all, it's sad for Johann to come to this. But if he is so desperate now, he has no choice but to get out. I have a lot of respect for him, Johann is a great driver. At the moment, I don't know how to react to the situation. I have a mission with KTM which is to test the MotoGP machine. This is actually my position going forward. It is now difficult to answer this question of its replacement ».
The one who won 54 Grands Prix, continues: “ I am now much more relaxed than before. I no longer have all the pressure of racing. I can fully concentrate on the tests. That's why it's not my plan to become a regular driver again ». Pedrosa therefore does not say “yes”, but has not clearly formulated a “no”. To be continued, knowing that, for the short term, Mika Kallio stands near. For 2020, the hope of a sensational arrival of Jack Miller was ruled out by the Australian who said he favored the Pramac Ducati option.
