Dani Pedrosa will not be in Valencia to attend the last great 2022 match between Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo.
There will be no Sunday in Valencia Dani Pedrosa, KTM test driver, engaged in a car race. He will disembark in the Cheste paddock only after the race, to observe the developments of the RC16 2023 during the Irta test Tuesday. The Austrian manufacturer has made purchases from Ducati, from Guidotti to Sterlacchini, from Miller and Giribuola. It will be a somewhat made in Italy KTM that aims to raise the bar in 2023.
Italian as the next MotoGP title winner, Pecco Bagnaia, which honors the Emilian brand with the reconquest of the World Cup 15 years after the historic success of Casey Stoner. Dani Pedrosa will not be there to assist, as he loses the last challenge between the Turin Ducati rider and the outgoing champion Fabio Quartararo riding the Yamaha, which burned a 91 point lead, reaching 23 points in the last round in Valencia. A record comeback that of Bagnaia which however does not surprise a champion like Pedrosa.
Dani Pedrosa promotes Pecco Bagnaia
Already at the end of the 2021 season Pecco was indicated as the big favorite for the next championship. “Ducati struggled at the beginning, but from the moment he and the team made that right click, he returned to show how fast he can be“, Dani Pedrosa told ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’. “We have never seen a comeback like this, from -91 to +23 is a lot of points“.
Merit and honor to the Savoy driver of the VR46 Academy, but it should also be remembered that Fabio Quartararo suffered a drastic mental and technical decline. For the KTM test rider, the psychological pressure dictated by the undeterred advance of Pecco, which put Yamaha’s talent in check, is very important: “When a driver starts to earn as many points as Bagnaia, this thing affects you psychologically“.
It could be just the beginning of a long legendary story that of Pecco Bagnaia, at his second world title after the one he won in 2018 in Moto2. “When he gains confidence he is very hard to beat. You don’t see him finishing fourth, fifth or sixth, but first. I don’t know how much his motorcycle advantage also centers, because clearly the Ducati is superior“, Concluded Dani Pedrosa. “But it seems to me a very solid one“.
