Dani Pedrosa

Daniel " Dani " Pedrosa Ramal ( born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle racer ³ and three-time world champion in the class up to 125 cc and 250 cm. He lives both in Castellar del Valles and London.

Career

Daniel Pedrosa was the first son of Antonio and Basi Pedrosa. From a young age he was enthusiastic about motorcycle racing and began his career on the mini bikes. At age 13, he applied for the first MoviStar Junior Cup under the guidance of Alberto Puig, the half-liter winners of 1995. Among 4500 applicants Pedrosa Puig noticed that counted him only one of the 100 best and then in spite of insufficient results in the Cup recorded. According to him, Dani he had noticed by his thirst for knowledge and his ability to the motorcycle thoroughly to understand just how to let pass through the deep aversion at that time.

Two years later, Pedrosa, the advice of his mentor Puig left following the school and got a professional in the Motorcycle World Championship. His first Grand Prix he competed on Honda in the 125cc class in Japanese Suzuka in 2001. The first victory came a year later in Assen, Netherlands. In the 2003 season Pedrosa secured his first world championship title early with a victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. A week later, Pedrosa suffered the most severe accident of his career. At the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Iceland he crashed into a makeshift covered embankment and smashed both hocks. Nevertheless, he rose in the following year in the 250 cc class and won the opening race in South Africa despite the lack of testing capabilities. After a dominant season, Pedrosa, the youngest world champion secured in the history of this class, the World Champion title in 2004. During the 2005 season he was able to repeat this success even more.

In 2006, then rose to Pedrosa in the MotoGP class and was in the Repsol Honda factory team, the new team-mate Nicky Hayden. Pedrosa succeeded at the first race in Jerez immediately a second place, the first victory in the new class followed at the Grand Prix of China in Shanghai, in his fourth MotoGP race. Another in Donington. The low point of his career would have almost the penultimate race in Estoril means in which he took another racing driver in the fall for the first time in six years - team-mate and title contender Hayden. This was thus indeed in the championship standings behind his rival Valentino Rossi back, but was able to secure the title but still the final race in Valencia. The season ended Pedrosa as rookie of the year and fifth overall. In 2007, Dani showed further strong performances and had only beaten by Casey Stoner in the final standings. As Vice World Champion Pedrosa denied now the next season. A fall during test drives and tire problems not bestowed the Spaniard the expected world title, he finished with 249 points, only the third place. In the following years, the Honda rider was denied by many violations of the very great success. His most successful season Pedrosa celebrated in 2010, with four wins and five second places it was enough only for second place behind Jorge Lorenzo.

In 2012, he reached 332 points also the second place behind Jorge Lorenzo with 350 points. Here Pedrosa overtook even with 7 wins one more win than the later world champion.

Character

Pedrosa is regarded as a quiet, introverted person. He usually has something reserved. Working with him, according to statements made by his team is a pleasant thing. So told crew chief Mike Leitner 2004 Motorsport aktuell: "After Danis accident (he was a bad fall in Philip Iceland), we have tried to rebuild the circuit because he had problems with his foot. After the third non-functional modification he said we should leave it how it was originally. He did manage a handicap and had it. More, and as a rider Dani impressed me as a man. He is very honest and wants this honesty from us. He would never give the team the blame for a bad result if it was not really so. "

Pedrosa's mentor Alberto Puig says: "Of course it can also be angry. Sometimes I think he would jump up, scream around and throw something through the area, how others do it in the paddock. But then he just sits there, makes the mouth and thinking. Sometimes I wish he would still roar. "

Statistics

Title

• 2003 - 125 cc World Champion on Honda
• 2004 - 250 cc World Champion on Honda
• 2005 - 250 cc World Champion on Honda

Milestones

• First Grand Prix: Suzuka GP of Japan 2001
• First podium: Valencia, Valencia GP 2001
• First pole position: Suzuka GP of Japan 2002
• First Fastest race lap: Motegi GP of the Pacific 2002
• Course record: Valencia, Valencia GP 2012

In the World Motorcycle Championship

(As GP of Qatar, March 23, 2014)