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Dani Pedrosa’s second position at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya allowes him to keep his second spot in the
World Championship rankings, leaving the Repsol Honda racer very happy with the consistency of claiming back to back stage
appearances.
After winning in round four at Mugello, Pedrosa then arrived in eighth place at Silverstone, however
he came back to take second position at Assen. This is just what Pedrosa is looking for, the 24 year old explains, “We’ve
linked two good results together which was our target and now we must maintain this consistency and fight for the win at the
next races.”
Beginning from the second row at Montmeló, Pedrosa raced into the lead at Turn 1 but
drifted wide whilst coming out of it, which made him drop down the order as far as 11th on lap one.
“I made
a really good start and was leading towards Turn 1,” he explains. “I had a bit of a front end shake on the way
to the first corner but I didn’t think anything of it until I hit the brakes and for a moment there was nothing. I was
surprised because it was not such a big shake, but then I pumped a few times and it came back. By then it was too late and
I had to run wide. I took it slowly to get back on track because I didn’t want to be to be penalised (for cutting the
corner).”
Pedrosa then swiftly worked his way back, by lap six he was in third position. He adds, “I
tried to recover as quickly as possible and make up the positions I’d lost. I got past Casey when he made a mistake
and we raced together for many laps. I was pushing as hard as possible but we had a bit of a front end issue through the race
and it was closing in the corners - I think many riders were having this problem today though. I was able to hang on until
the end of the race though and I’m happy enough with second place after that first lap.”
Pedrosa is
now 22 points ahead of colleague Andrea Dovizioso in the Championship, after the Italian ended 14th from a crash.
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