Dani Pedrosa

Honda clinch 2018 MotoGP Triple Crown in soaked Valencia, at Dani Pedrosa’s final race

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News November 19, 2018

Dani Pedrosa completed his racing career in Valencia, scoring a fifth-place finish in incredibly tricky weather conditions that caused the crashes of nine riders—2018 World Champion Marc Marquez among them—and prompted Race Direction to interrupt the first race on lap 13 and re-start a new one half an hour... Read more

Marc Marquez impressive, qualifies in 5th after a crash; solid third-row start for Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News November 17, 2018

Marc Marquez never ceases to impress. A close third-fastest in wet FP3, half a second clear in dry FP4, he set the fifth-fastest time in qualifying after a crash at turn 4 interrupted his first attempt. Marc suffered a blow to his shoulder but was able to quickly recover... Read more

Masterful Marc Marquez takes first Thai win; Dani Pedrosa crashes out after a strong performance

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News October 7, 2018

It was another master-class race for Championship leader Marc Marquez, who took the first MotoGP win ever in Thailand in front of a cheering, enthusiast crowd of more than 100.000 spectators. Marc’s seventh victory of the season is also the 68th of his career, putting him equal with Jorge... Read more

Marc Marquez wins spectacular Aragon battle to take his sixth win this season; solid fifth place for Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News September 23, 2018

On a sunny and hot Sunday at Aragon Marc Marquez took a gamble and won, choosing a soft rear tyre over a more familiar hard spec, in the end winning a fantastic three-way battle with title contender Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone and extended his Championship lead to 72... Read more

Front row start for Marc Marquez in Aragon, Dani Pedrosa on second row

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News September 22, 2018

The front-row riders for tomorrow’s Aragon Grand Prix were within just 0.079 seconds of each other, with Marc Marquez among them in third place. Further demonstrating how tight things were in today’s qualifying session, Dani Pedrosa completed the second row, just 0.343 seconds off poleman Jorge Lorenzo. Marc was actually... Read more

Marc Marquez equals Hailwood’s 112 career podiums in Misano, with Dani Pedrosa in sixth

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News September 10, 2018

Crossing the San Marino GP finish line in second place ahead of fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow, Marc Marquez stepped on the podium for the tenth time this season, and for the sixth time in a row for the first time since 2014. Marc also equaled Mike Hailwood with the... Read more

Close second-row start for Marc Marquez in Misano, Dani Pedrosa on 4th row

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News September 8, 2018

Marc Marquez set the fifth-fastest time at the end of an eventful qualifying session in which he crashed his RC213V while fighting for a front-row start, rushed to the garage, jumped on his second bike, and then entered the battle again. In the end, Marc was unable to better his... Read more

Bad weather conditions affect qualifying for Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa at Silverstone

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 25, 2018

Intermittent heavy downpours disrupted Saturday’s usual proceedings at Silverstone. The MotoGP FP4 session was red-flagged when several riders crashed in a matter of seconds, due to a pool of water created by the rain at the braking point of turn seven. After several delays due to the track’s safety conditions,... Read more

Marc Marquez increases his points lead, taking hard-fought 2nd in Austria; Dani Pedrosa takes 7th place

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 12, 2018

Today Marc Marquez scored a hard-fought second place at a sunny Red Bull Ring, sharing the podium with race-winner Jorge Lorenzo and third-place rider Andrea Dovizioso. Marc ultimately missed the win by only 0.130”, and definitely not for lack of trying. After taking the lead on the second lap, he... Read more

Marc Marquez grabs a brilliant pole at the Red Bull Ring, Dani Pedrosa on third row

Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez MotoGP News August 11, 2018

First in this morning’s damp FP3 session, first in this afternoon’s dry FP4 session, Marc Marquez concluded an extremely positive Saturday at the Red Bull Ring by taking his 49th MotoGP pole, the 77th of his career. It was not an easy affair for Marc. He had to fight tooth... Read more