Dani Pedrosa: A KTM MotoGP wild-card could be interesting…

Dani Pedrosa says it 'could be interesting' to enter a MotoGP race as a wild-card for KTM to enhance his test-riding work. Should he race in Austria, Pedrosa might find himself lining-up against former Honda colleague and new Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow...
Dani Pedrosa Qatar MotoGP test, 10 March 2021
Dani Pedrosa Qatar MotoGP test, 10 March 2021
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Will Dani♑ Pedrosa finally be tempted into makin𓆏g a wild-card MotoGP entry for KTM?

Rumours have been gathering that the 31-time pꦿremier-class race winner has been pencilled in for a place on the grid at one of the upcoming Au🤪strian rounds or Misano.

Pedrosa spent his entire grand prix career with Honda but then switched to KTM as a test rider after retiring at the end of 2018, where his input has been widely credited for helping turn the RC16 into a MotoGP wi🧸nner.

W💧hile KTM has always stated that wild-cards would be available if Pedrosa wanted them, the Spaniard has previously𝓀 declined all such offers.

But in an interview with Spanish newspaper 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:disqualified from d🦄ay one of the event after using a prototype 2020 engine.

The factory had been open about ▨the Frenchman's use of a prototype powerplant, having been unaware that the engine homologation rules also 🅷apply to wild-cards.

Meanwhile, if Pedrosa does choose to enter the first Red Bull Ring round (August 6-8)  he might not be the only former MotoGP race w💜inner making a wild-card appear𝓀ance.

Former Honda colleague Cal Crutchlow, now a Yamaha t🍌est rider, could be called-up in place of Franco Morbidelli at Petronas, with Assen substitute Garrett Gerloff unavailable due to a clash with his WorldSBK commitments.

 
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