MotoGP: Augusto Fernandez: “Dani Pedrosa as fast as factory riders, but easier to understand why”

The lone MotoGP rookie in 2023 has adapted very quickly to the premier class, after winning last seaso♍n’s Moto2 title.
But whereas Brad Binder and Jack Miller are two of the top riders in the series, and thus can help steer a young rider in the rꦦight direction due to their data, Fernandez admits he’s sometimes confused as to how they achieve the performances we’ve seen at times this season.
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Instead, KTM test rider Pedrosa has made things much easier for Fernande🀅z, who credited the former Repsol Honda rider with being the easiest to understand wh🎃en it comes to riding style and finding speed.
"To be honest, it helped me♒ the most when we had Dani on the track," Fernandez told DAZN.
"His riding style is very fine and the telemetry data sho𒈔ws how fast he ♛is. As we saw at Jerez, he's very fast - just as fast as the factory riders or even faster, but in a way that's easier to understand."
KTM have been the second fastest manu꧂facturer behind Ducat🎉i on many occasions this season, while Binder is only one of two non-Ducati riders to win a race.
For Fernandez, promising resultꦍs in the opening few rounds were cemented by a stunning P4 finish at Le Mans, which remain🍸s his best result of the year to date.
Although Pedrosa has competed in just one round so far, the S🐻paniard claimed a double top ten in Jerez after showing similar speed to the likes of Binder and Miller.
Speaking further about Pedrosa’s riding style, Fernandez added: "Dani rid꧋es constantly, it's easier to read his data. You might lose a secon🦩d, but you understand why.
"With Binder, you might see that he's much faster in a corner, but you don't underst♑and 🦹how he takes it."