Pedrosa survives turn one scare
Dani Pedrosa suffered ꩲa major scare at the start of Sunday's Catalan Grand Prix wౠhen he arrived at the first turn with 'no brakes'.
Fortunately Pedrosa was leading at the time, otherwise he may have caused a repeat of the Moto2 turn one pile-up, and although the incident cost him time, he was abl🅠e to rejoin and sp𓆏end most of the race battling with Casey Stoner.
When Pedrosa's Repsol Honda team-𒁃mate Andrea Dovizioso fell from second on lap 15 of 25, Pedrosa moved into the runner-up position, which he was ju༒st able to keep from Stoner by just 0.202sec.
Dani P💧edrosa suffered a major scare at the start of Sunday's Catalan Grand Prix when he arrived at the first turn with 'no💜 brakes'.
Fortunately Pedrosa was leading at the time, otherwise he may have caused a repeat of the Moto2 turn one pi🤡le-up, and although the inc🐻ident cost him time, he was able to rejoin and spend most of the race battling with Casey Stoner.
When Pedrosa's Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso fe🦋ll from💧 second on lap 15 of 25, Pedrosa moved into the runner-up position, which he was just able to keep from Stoner by just 0.202sec.
"I started very well. I was leading, but just before the end of the straight I got a big shake on thℱe front of✱ the bike and when I went for the brake - empty - no brakes!" said Pedrosa.
"I tell you, at that mom🗹ent my heart was out! I saw the wall coming towards me and I started to pump the front brake and finally I got it. But anyway I ran off the track.
"I took it slow before I rejoined so I didn't get penalis🦂ed and then tried to recover because I was far behind.
"I caught Casey when he also made the mistake and we raced together for a lot of laps and finallyꦅ second. After the start it's not so bad."
Pedrosa remꦦains second in the championship but has lost another five points to Lorenzo and is now 52 behind the Yamaha rider heading into round eighth of 18 at Sachsenring in two weeks' time.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Mar𓄧quez’s i✨njury issues.
