Pedrosa will race with Bridgestone from the next race
Pedrosa will race with Bridgestone from the next race

Video: Pedrosa will race with Bridgestone from the next race

Video: Pedrosa will race with Bridgestone from the next race
Video: MotoGP™ Full Race | 2011 #PortugueseGP 2024, March
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The news exploded like a bomb this morning in the paddock of the Misano circuit: Dani Pedrosa moves to Bridgestone. Yes yes, as you read it, the Spanish rider does not want to give "the bibendums" one more chance and has decided to forget about them and ride, from the training they will do in Misano tomorrow, Bridgestone tires and will race in fifteen days in Indianapolis your first run with this supplier, as well as in the other four races that remain to be held of the 2008 season.

The Pedrosa's decision is quite risky, Since changing the tires will require time and especially many kilometers to adapt to them and it may be a problem at the end of the season, but there is no going back. A Michelin competition official said today on TVE, in a report recorded before the news was known, that the general performance of their tires had been good throughout the season, with the exception of the Laguna Seca and Brno races, where if they admitted your mistakes. That seems true, but there must be something else behind the whole problem for a pilot who is fighting for the world championship to make such a risky decision that it can definitely take him away from the top positions at the end of the season … or allow him to fight on equal terms with the lead drivers.

Arturo Sus, its Repsol sports sponsorship director said: “One of our obligations as the main sponsor of the Repsol Honda Team is to put pressure on the team, the factory or even the riders, when we think we have to, to achieve the results we hope to obtain from our investment in this project. After the Brno race, we all know that Dani Pedrosa was not satisfied with his feelings on the bike.

Mr. Hamane felt that it was HRC's duty to support any decision the pilot made. We all understood that heading into the 2009 season, HRC would seriously consider the Bridgestone option as a tire manager. From Repsol's point of view, it was believed that this was not enough, and at that time we asked Honda for the need for an immediate change in the supply of Bridgestone tires for Dani Pedrosa.

It is not a comfortable situation for us or for Honda, and obviously less for Michelin, but we believe that it is the right decision. Fortunately, this change took place today Sunday, and as of tomorrow, Monday, Dani Pedrosa will use Bridgestone tires."

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