Dani Pedrosa should have been the MotoGP champion in 2013, when he lost to Marc Marquez. As Valentino Rossi says.
Three-time champion in lower classes, Pedrosa He finished in the top three of the MotoGP standings on six separate occasions without completing the series. It has reached the final three times in 2007, 2010 and 2012.
The Spaniard is considered one of the greatest riders without a championship to his name. Indeed, he is the only member. MotoGP’s Hall of Fame Who hasn’t won the title by meeting the minimum 24 wins requirement.
Valentino Rossi says Dani Pedrosa ‘deserves’ to win the MotoGP title.
At dinner with fellow Hall of Famers from the cast MotoGP YouTube channelPedrosa picked up a gold medal lying on the table.
“This is the medal I miss,” he said.
And Rossi “You should have had one,” he replied.
Jorge Lorenzo comfortably beat Pedrosa in 2010, but the gap was 56 points when the latter was injured in Japan and lost three races in a row late in the season, widening to 138 points.
In 2013, Lorenzo fought and MarquezPedrosa suffered another costly injury, this time missing the German GP after falling in wet practice. He held a nine-point championship lead that weekend.
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Aragon was the only other tournament where Pedrosa did not score. Contact with Marquez broke the traction control and headed for the high side.
“There was a time in 2010 when you were injured at Motegi,” Rossi told Pedrosa. “The throttle stuck, and that was a good opportunity.
“When was the last time Marquez broke your traction control? 2013? You should have won that year.”
Pedrosa replied: “Before that I had injured my collarbone at the Sachsenring. I was leading the championship with a big advantage and I crashed after the race.
The Honda rider eventually finished third in the standings, 34 points behind reigning champion Marc Marquez.
The real reason Dani Pedrosa never won the MotoGP title.
Aside from a few breakdowns or accidents, Pedrosa has been largely hampered by physical limitations. Many experts feel that he is too young to truly tame the powerful MotoGP bikes.
Aleix Espargaro says: Pedrosa was ‘impossible’ to catch the straight Because it was very easy. On the other hand, serious drivers found it easier to overheat the tires in wet conditions, and the #26 occasionally struggled in the rain.
Perhaps he came to the sport at the wrong time. Silvan Guintoli says Pedrosa would be ‘perfect’ for current bikes.But in his adulthood he had to face the ‘Fabulous Five’.
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