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Dani Pedrosa Visit Indonesian Honda Racing School
Dani Pedrosa rider Repsol Team Honda spent two days in Indonesia after Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. Dani visiting the Sentul race circuit as a guest instructor at the Honda Racing School. Dani Pedrosa passed on precious riding advice to 16 Indonesian students between age of 11 and 15. Dani take a demonstration laps on a 110cc Honda Blade, one of the machines used by the school at which the former Honda 125cc GP winner, Noburo Ueda is the chief instructor.
“It was really good fun to ride the 110cc Blade!” Pedrosa said. “Of course it has very little horsepower compared to my RC212V, but I think it’s very good for the kids to start understanding how to ride a bike, to be familiar with the gears and the necessary riding style.”
More than 1,000 fans watched Pedrosa in his MotoGP racing leathers doing laps at the Sentul Karting circuit. After the demonstration Pedrosa offered some advice to the aspiring riders based on his experience when beginning racing when he was young. He said:
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Dani Pedrosa, From Pole To Winning The Race
From pole position to victory, this is the first victory of the 2010 season for the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa. This victory was a reward for all the effort that team put in this race, said Dani. Dani Pedrosa standing in second place in the World Championship after this winning. And it feels exciting to tasted how sweet victory after the hard work put by his team and himself.
Pedrosa:
“It’s an unbelievable feeling to win again. We’ve been working really hard and we had some problems through the winter and in the first races, so I’m really delighted with this victory, especially after leading at Jerez for so long but not quite making it.”
Pedrosa leading Lorenzo just over 4 seconds ahead when they crossed the line. It was proof that he feel more competitive at aboard his factory RC212V and Dani hopes that this will continue into the next round at Silvertone in two weeks.
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Pedrosa and Stoner All Set for Sachsenring challenge
Dani Pedrosa the World Championship leader and Casey Stoner the MotoGP title holder took centre stage at the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland on Thursday afternoon’s pre-event press conference.
Pedrosa commented reflecting on his excellent record of three wins from his last four visits to the German track in the MotoGP and 250cc classes,
Well I have done pretty well here in the past few years and it is a track that I try to enjoy. It is a difficult track for the bike and for the rider´s body because you are on your left side for quite a long time. The first part is quite tricky but then it gets a bit better.
Pedrosa looked forward to back-to-back races this weekend and at Laguna Seca a week, when asked about the task of staying ahead of the chasing pack having leapfrogged Valentino Rossi in the standings at Assen,
It would be nice to stay in the lead but we have two difficult races now. They are very important races and we have to face the challenge to do the best we can and try to focus on the two races before the break.
Pedrosa: Won´t be easy to repeat 2007 Sachsenring Win
Despite a runaway victory by over 13 seconds in last year´s German race, Pedrosa is not expecting a routine win in 2008.
Leader of the MotoGP World Championship and the winner of last year´s famed Sachsenring circuit race, Dani Pedrosa is one of the heavy favourites for victory at the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland this weekend. The Repsol Honda rider is not taking a win for granted, however, fully aware that his rivals also have a strong history at the German track.
He will once again be using the standard spring-valve version of the RC212V engine, having used the motor to take podium finishes at all but one race thus far in 2008. Team-mate Nicky Hayden is using the pneumatic valve engine that Pedrosa has only briefly tested in preseason and post-race runs.
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Calendar & Circuits News Riders & Teams: Catalunya Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team
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Pedrosa Won the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya 2008
Dani Pedrosa won the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya 2008 with a terrific ride, taking the holeshot and never looking back. A Peerless display!
A breakaway plan from Dani Pedrosa worked to perfection in the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya, as he took the holeshot at his home race and never looked back. The win ended a long premier class run without a local winner in Barcelona, stretching back to 1999 and a popular triumph for Alex Criville in the 500cc category.
Keen to avoid a battle between himself and predicted podium finishers Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi, he burst out of the blocks and set about putting space between himself and the rest of the field. A new circuit record was made by Pedrosa by the second lap, and he kept the pace up throughout the 25 lap race.
A fourth consecutive win proved a wish too far for Rossi, who nonetheless fulfilled expectations by fighting his way up from ninth on the grid. A penultimate lap slipstream of Stoner gave him second place, a sixth consecutive podium and, most importantly, the advantage necessary to maintain the lead in the MotoGP World Championship.
5th & 6th place
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Michelin put Their Trust in Pedrosa & Lorenzo at Catalunya
Michelin, the French tyre suppliers are hoping, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, their top two riders in the MotoGP points standings, will perform well in Barcelona.
With 6 races of the 2008 World Championship gone and 12 to go, the 2nd of 4 European rounds in the space of 5 weeks takes place at the Catalunya circuit this weekend, Michelin working hard to get back onto the top step of the podium.
The trip to Italy last weekend saw Bridgestone get the better of things at Mugello with a first pole of the year for them with Valentino Rossi, from Fiat Yamaha and the subsequent success of Rossi in the race, followed home by Casey Stoner from Ducati Marlboro.
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Dani Pedrosa, fastest rider in French test
Dani Pedrosa the Repsol Honda´s rider, recorded the fastest time in his first and only day of post-race testing in France.
Dani Pedrosa concluded the 1st day of post-Grand Prix testing, which also his final day at the Le Mans circuit- at the head of the 11 regular rider-strong field of MotoGP stars. He clocked a 1´33.106 lap in the late afternoon, before the session concluded at 6pm local time.
2nd Timesheet, Rossi
Second on the timesheet was Le Mans racewinner Valentino Rossi, who set his fastest time of 1´33.661 just before 3pm. The Italian was the only Fiat Yamaha rider to perform laps of Le Mans, as teammate Jorge Lorenzo prudently decided against risking further damage to his injured ankles.
3rd Fastest, Stoner
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Calendar & Circuits News Riders & Teams: Alice Grand Prix de France Dani Pedrosa Le Mans Repsol Honda Team
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Pedrosa the Fastest of Friday timesheets
Dani Pedrosa, the MotoGP World Championship consolidated his morning advantage with a further mercurial time on Friday afternoon.
Fastest both the morning and afternoon
Dani Pedrosa holds the early advantage ahead of the Alice Grand Prix de France as being the fastest in both the morning and afternoon MotoGP sessions in Le Mans. The Repsol Honda rider and current leader of the MotoGP World Championship recorded a 1´34.227 lap of the newly-modified Bugatti circuit to end the day one step ahead of his premier class rivals.
He did so in the afternoon run by the slimmest of margins, less than five-hundredths of a second ahead of reigning MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner. Only a further eleven-thousandths of a second down was 2007 poleman Colin Edwards, who rounded off one of the closest top three´s one is likely to see.
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News Photos & Videos: Dani Pedrosa Le Mans Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team
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Pedrosa and Hayden, Share similar approaches to Le Mans
Current MotoGP series leader and 2006 World Champion, highlight tyres and first section as key to mastering Le Mans.
Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden are in some ways polar opposites. Their bike setup, riding style and builds are markedly different despite bringing the Honda factory team equal amounts of success.
With this in mind, the pair have an incredibly similar approach to the upcoming Alice Grand Prix de France, round five of the MotoGP World Championship. Expect some aggressive riding and hard braking from Messrs. Pedrosa and Hayden this weekend, particularly in the first sector of the historic Le Mans circuit.
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Dani Pedrosa at the MotOh! Repsol stand Barcelona
At the Repsol stand at Barcelona´s MotOH! bike fair, courtesy of the Spanish fuel company´s title sponsorship of the factory Honda team, Dani Pedrosa gave his latest thoughts on the premier class title race on Wednesday afternoon.
Having gone seven points clear in the title fight with his second place finish behind race winner Valentino Rossi in Shanghai on Sunday, Pedrosa commented:
“It´s been a good start but I just want to keep it going in the coming rounds.
“We´re going into a packed series of races in Europe and it will be a key period as they will be crucial to the championship. Everything has gone very well up to now and we are hoping to maintain this form.”
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