26 - Dani Pedrosa Fan Site

Although he hasn’t fully recovered from knee injury he got at Philip Island, Dani Pedrosa is pretty optimistic about the race in Sepang, this weekend. MotoGP.com quoted him saying

`We weren´t so lucky at Phillip Island and sometimes you have some bad luck in racing. But we are already looking forward to Malaysia where I am determined to make up for the mistake I made in the last race. I´ve got still some pain from the accident, my left knee is a bit swollen, but I hope I will soon be in perfect condition.´

About the race track, Pedrosa said that tyres will play important role due to the heat and the track.

`It is quite long with a good combination of right-handers and left-handers, many of which are quite long. The motorcycle needs tyres of a tough compound for this race, and tyres play a very important role in the heat.´
`Both the front and rear tyres are of a similar compound because they both have to work very hard: there is a lot of heavy braking, which asks a lot of the front end, and there is a lot of hard acceleration, which affects the rear. The track has a lot of different corners and sections, so the riding style you use is quite varied and it is very physically demanding because of the heat.´

Dani Pedrosa has crashed out on turn two at Philip Island grand prix. He suffered a left knee contusion due to the crash.

`I got a good start and was entering the second corner in third position when the rear tyre started sliding. I tried to correct the bike but I ran off the track. On the grass I tried to correct the bike again but I crashed. I hurt my left knee in the fall. Fortunately I’ve not broken any bones or damaged any ligaments, but I´ve got a lot of pain and the knee is swollen. I am very disappointed because we knew we had a good race pace and I was very confident that I could score another podium, just like at Motegi last weekend. It was another bad race. I made a mistake and I am sorry for the team, they worked hard throughout the weekend. Tonight I will fly back to Spain and rest the injury while looking forward to the Malaysia GP. Now it’s looking difficult for second place in the championship, there are only two races left.´

Source

Casey Stoner won the race while world champion Valentino Rossi has an incredible performance and finished second after starting from 12th. Dani’s team mate, Hayden was third. Complete results under the cut.

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Australian Casey Stoner was the fastest on his home race qualifying session. World champion Valentino Rossi suffered an accident and qualified 12th. Dani was sixth while Lorenzo and Hayden were second and third consecutively. With this Casey Stoner secured 2008 ‘MotoGP Best Qualifier’ award, Philip Island being the 8th pole position he got from 16 so far. Congratulations to Casey.

Full qualifying results under the cut

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The test on Motegi has been cut short due to the raining condition. But the weather somehow made Pedrosa and his team able to celebrate his 23rd birthday!

“This morning we mainly concentrated on engine tests, comparing data and performance with some different electronic mapping,” said Dani. “It is important for us to keep on learning about this bike, and working to improve the set up of the pneumatic-valve engine with Bridgestone tyres.

“We started testing before 10.00am, but we couldn’t do too many laps because it started raining around lunch time. Then came a surprise from the team in the garage, when they produced a big cake for my birthday,” he confirmed.

Haha. Even the weather man knew it’s his birthday.
Anyway, regarding his first podium with Bridgestone Pedrosa admitted he’s pretty satisfied. He also congratulate Valentino Rossi for the victory in the race and also in the world championship.

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Dani Pedrosa turns 23 today!

Happy Birthday Dani Pedrosa. Good luck with your life and your career!

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