Pedrosa looking for continued competitiveness for rest of season

With barely a moment’s rest after the intense weekend in the United States, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Márquez already have their sights set on getting back to work in San Marino this Friday. The Misano Adriatico track will be the scene of the season’s 12th race, where the Repsol riders will once again be looking to steal the show in their respective categories.

Last Sunday’s victory by Dani Pedrosa at the legendary Indianapolis track underlines the great current form of the Repsol rider and the team. Despite falling at Laguna Seca, he has been in the battle for first place on the podium week after week, with two victories and three seconds in the last six races. Yet it all starts from scratch again this weekend at San Marino, and after last year’s podium finish, the aim is to keep up the rhythm of the last few races and score the fourth victory of the season.

Dani Pedrosa: “We are at a very competitive moment right now and three wins so far this year is more than I had in my previous MotoGP seasons. It’s a nice milestone to pass and so I’m feeling very confident for the next races. Indianapolis was great and it was very satisfying to win such a physically demanding race, however, we don’t have so much time to recover before Misano this weekend. Having said that, we’ll be ready. The team is in a good mood and we have proved that we can be competitive for many races in a row, so we want to continue this form. Misano has been a difficult circuit for Honda in the last few years but this time we will try to do the best possible job and be right at the front once again. It’s a track with many linked slow corners where you need a very agile bike and also a smooth power delivery, whereas our engine is very strong but can also be qui te aggressive which causes the bike to slide. So we’ll have to do a very good job to find the right setting and get good traction – as we did in Indianapolis. It’s not so much a power circuit as one which requires good driveability from the engine. The gap in the championship to Lorenzo is still very big and he has been very consistent, so our goal for the rest of the season is simply to continue being competitive at every GP and give ourselves the chance to win races, starting with another one this weekend”.

Source: Repsol Media Service