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

Augusto Fernandez says having Dani Pedrosa on circuit with him has been the biggest help so far in his MotoGP career.
Dani Pedrosa, KTM MotoGP Jerez 2023
Dani Pedrosa, KTM MotoGP Jerez 2023

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.

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."

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