Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa is looking for solutions to get closer to the rhythm impressed by his teammate Marc Marquez. But the device tried on Friday in Austin circuit did not bear fruit for him.
It is urgent to show Pedrosa’s shot less well observed at the Argentine Grand Prix two weeks ago, when he had dropped in testing before suffering the same fate in the race, like his teammate, of the rest, was only an accident of course.
The Honda rider know that his good show during the pre-season tests, when he was close to Marquez, and the help provided by former MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau should have allowed him to put 2017 campaign on better tracks.
Hence a desire to put all the chances on his side during the first day of testing in Austin circuit, where Pedrosa has released new technical solutions, the most remarkable is being the new exhaust of his RC213V.
“We have made some improvements,” Pedrosa said to media. “But I would like to make further progress, but it was difficult today because we tried the new exhaust, so the two bikes were different one of the other.” he added.
The Spanish’s approach is therefore empirical, but for the time being, it has deprived the Catalan of valuable running time for the preparation of the race Sunday (23/4) night, although this has allowed him to better target.
“I lost a run in the morning and a run in the afternoon. Overall, I have to find out which tire is best, but also be faster in the first sector because I’m not there very fast, so I have to improve in this portion, and in the third, if I can do it tomorrow [Saturday], it will be very good.” Pedrosa said again.
Dani Pedrosa and his teammate, Marc Marquez in the MotoGP race. (Source:www.crash.net)
At this time, Honda’s riders remain very discreet about the objective pursued with the new exhaust, according to Pedrosa, it is not yet satisfactory. “I can not say anything about the purpose of this new system,” Pedrosa said. “The sensations are different, the noise is also a bit different, but I just can not say more about it, only that I prefer the one we have now.” he added.
