Dani Pedrosa to booked a special moment in Portugal MotoGP race. Pedrosa finished third that made him reach the 100th podium in his career.
Pedrosa back on the podium after the race at Estoril Circuit. Repsol Honda rider completed the race behind Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo.
“This is a race that is really hard from the beginning, very high speed from the first lap until the last lap. Casey had a good race and very strong,” said Pedrosa in MotoGP’s official website.
“Three races are always on the podium is generally very good. However, in the three races we have lost something. So, let’s try again at the next race,” he said.
Estoril is 100th podium in Pedrosa’s career in the motor racing grand prix. The details are 17 podium in the 125cc class, 24 in the 250cc class, and 59 in the MotoGP class. Among the 100 podium, Pedrosa 38 times to win.
“It could reach the podium to-100 is very impressive and it shows how fast the time went on,” he said.
“I am very happy for that and I would like to thank all my team and sponsor during that time and especially the Honda because I was with them throughout my career,” said 26-year-old rider.
According to him, it happens because of constraints on the bike chatter problem. However, with Stoner racing style can reduce these problems and keep the distance with Lorenzo to the finish line.
Rossi started the race this time from position 9. He then successfully completed the race and finish in a better rank 7. The result makes Rossi are now collecting 22 points in ninth position.
“The bike is very good, much better in the race than during training. However, the only problem is Casey,” said Lorenzo as quoted by Autosport .
This is the first time Lorenzo took pole in Estoril since 2008. In four previous Portuguese MotoGP, Yamaha rider has always started the race from pole position.
Unfortunately, the settings transformation actually cause disruption and inconvenience to the motor. Therefore, although it can be pole, he feels needs to be aware of in case a problem.
In the third session that took place in a dry track, Pedrosa recorded a time of 1 minute 37.326 seconds 0.012 seconds off Stoner’s odds of being in second position. Lorenzo was in third position by a margin of 0.354 seconds from Pedrosa.
Although it still fails to be the fastest, Rossi recorded a record time of less than one second is the fastest driver. This is what makes him confident would be an opportunity to compete at the top in the race.
Because the mass of poor performance, the Ferrari speculation is looking for another driver to replace it. Sergio Perez and Mark Webber was called, although both last name was denied.
The results of the race in Bahrain that makes Kimi sure if he had a chance to win the highest podium. Matter when he is able to fight back fiercely on Sebastian Vettel.