Dani Pedrosa stunned by his own speed at Spanish MotoGP: “I never expected it!”
The MotoGP legend🅠 stormed to the fastest run in the first Friday practice session at Jerez, rolling back the years and delighting fans who have only seen him at one race w𝐆eekend in the past four years.
It was a dream start to the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Spanish MotoGP for the KTM test rider, who entered with a w꧟ildcard.
“It was an amazing feeling, for sure! 🤡And for the team, as well. And for the fans,” he said.
“I never expected it, it was a surprise!”
Hav🍌e Pedrosa’s expectat💮ions now changed for Saturday and Sunday?
“No, absolutely not. We have our mar💫ks and that’s where we will stick to. That’s it.”
Pedrosa’s 1m 36.🌼770s - which topped the timesheets in P1 - was not bettered until the final 10 minutes ꧂of P2, when Maverick Vinales edged it.
Aleix Esparg🔯aro ended Friday fastest, ahead of Aprilia teammate Vinales, and with Pedrosa ninth.
His prediction for Saturday’s sprint race? Pedrosa smiled: “I 𝄹have no idea, honestly. I have maꦬny things to speak to the team about.
“To see how the forma🦄t goes, what the start procedure is. Things🍰 to check with the team. We are going step by step.”
It might continue beyond Friday but Pedrosa’s P1 run-out, through the corn𒆙er named in his honour, was a wonderful moment.
The mos🎃t successful rider in MotoGP histor✃y without a championship retired at the end of 2018 and, since then, raced just once, in 2021 in Austria.
“It’s great, a good feeling,” he refle🧜cted on his Fr🅷iday.
“Es🅷pecially coming back to this amazing track with these magnificent competitors.
“They have pushed the level so high.
“That’s ♔why you have to be very focused every time.
“This morning we had a good start, this afternoon it was more complicated due to track conditi𓆏ons.
“Maybe the heat, or the wind, was making the lap ti🦂mes slower. It was difficult to improve.
“Some riders improved, even in the afternoon with worꦑse track condition🍒s.
“I’𝄹m happy because we’re inside ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe top 10, that’s good news.
“Tomorrow we have a new thing to learn. It’s somethingꦓ different, with qualifying in the morning.
“It’s not an🐻 easy thing, it’s tough on the riders.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky♊ Sports for a decade cove𓄧ring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
