In the early years of this decade the world of mociclismo learns minutes a Spanish boy and a little 'shy, that when the bike sparkles and shows a very different character. The child prodigy of the Iberian motorcycling by the name of Daniel Pedrosa, Born on 29 settembre del 1985 Sabadell in Catalonia.
The beginning of the small Dani
Dani, as everyone calls him immediately, it is noted the first time in 1998 in World Championship minimoto. His talent is crystal clear and already the following year's national runner. Take therefore to make series organized by Honda to find the young hopefuls and… vince. This earned him the attention of the Japanese manufacturer decided to take him straight to the world despite his young age. The decision proves all the more appropriate because in his first season in 125, the little Dani, which it is high just 1,60 and it weighs not even 50 kg, a hundred points conquest and was named "Rookie Of The Year”. They start to create a lot of expectations on him, view of the effectiveness of its so clean riding style: in 2002 He obtains the first three wins and finishes the league in third position with well 243 punti. The following year him enough 223 to enlist to the first time World Champion: and the 2003 and the small bullfighter is referred to as the new advancing, the crystalline talent, promising young. On him the expectations are becoming more pressing.
Victories and injuries
Unfortunately, Dani is also familiar with the first bad injury that forced him to miss two races and seriously jeopardizes his career: during practice for the Australian Grand Prix fractured both ankles!
Rimessosi during winter debut in 2004 nella 250 and does so in resounding fashion. He gets seven wins and a total of 317 points that allow it to easily win the title of World Champion. At first try.
A 19 years and 18 days became the youngest driver to win laurels in this class and is also the first and only one to have won two titles consecutively in two different classes.
The record for the little bullfighter do not end because in 2004 with eight wins and 309 punti It is the new world champion in 250. it thus becomes the youngest to win two consecutive titles in this class and well 21 victories before the age of twenty years even surpasses the record held until then by Valentino Rossi.
2006: a jockey in MotoGP
It opens up for him the way of MotoGP with a contract to the team HRC Repsol Honda, House with which Pedrosa has always raced and with which we now know will run until the end of his racing career.
His physical jockey, though in some ways it could be an advantage in small displacements, actually becomes a burden more on the big and powerful MotoGP. Nevertheless in 2006, the debut year, Daniel soon proved very competitive and wins twice.
In that year, it is clear to everyone that he is the driver on which Honda puts more hope e non Nicky Hayden that, for the fate games and thanks to the great constancy, Then be able to win the title at the last race. In that 2006 Dani Pedrosa is often the fastest, not only the team, but on the track; there is a strong team and sponsors Iberian desire to see him already winning debut, but the driving physics of the MotoGP puts it just as often in trouble and many are falls. And when Dani cade, It gets hurt.
When the setup and the track are right, however,, shows a rapid guide, pulita, smudge and even experts Rossi, Capirossi, Gibernau, struggling to keep his rhythm. In 2007 often fight with Valentino, theirs “package” is very close and always have very close times. At the end of the season he can by just one point to mock the doctor and to become the year of the unstoppable runner Casey Stoner (that Dani, He arrives in MotoGP 2006 ed) and Ducati.
A star mocking
The good star of the kind little bullfighter seems, however, turn their backs on the most beautiful. After the successes and records on small displacements, Dani is unable to establish itself in the premier class fought. Certo, It has to do with Valentino and Yamaha and Stoner and Ducati, but fate did not you just never favorable. Each start of the season seems to be a good year, and instead arrive injuries. Many, too many, heavy. Dani always raises, with a determination by samurai, but bullfighter.
A partire dal 2008 his career is studded with misfortunes that prevent him to better express its potential and that slowly they do also appear to the public as a pilot unlucky. Perhaps because Dani is not a talker, avoids any controversy, never argues with anyone, when he has to speak his opinion speaks in a firm and gentle without attacking others, even when it is a victim of other people's mistakes, as it happens with an incidence that is unbelievable.
And when they are not accidents at undermining his confidence, They think of the teammates. In his twelve years in MotoGP with Honda see winning team mates Hayden, Stoner e Marquez (Well latter five times).
MotoGP, the wet dream
Constantly in the first positions, the world title in the top category continues to elude him and slowly the light in her eyes fades. The bulletin board cups remain the same, while the list of surgeries and fractures gets longer. Anyone would lose motivation, my insists it. This place is certainly one of the most stoic and heroic pilots of modern times and only for this Daniel Pedrosa of Sabadell deserves all our respect.
His stoicità, its proven sportiness and its ever measured tones make Daniel Pedrosa a favorite rider by the public and respected by colleagues. Most of the time away from the spotlight and even more by controversy from social, He has always paid attention to more concrete results and this is recognized in a career that has made long.
A glance at his list to realize his incredible consistency that puts him in the top positions continuously for twelve seasons. A tough cookie, the little Dani, with which Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo have often dueled finding more bread for their teeth and fair play.
The final this weekend in Valencia
For him to this weekend Valencia will be the last race in MotoGP. He said goodbye to racing just turned thirty-three years. A bittersweet farewell that MotoGP that has deceived and then frustrated year after year. His determination and motivation has been progressively undermined as his body battered by the actions. Leave well, aware that he had collected less than his lucky stars he had predicted in the headlines, but very much in admiration of those who follow with love motorcycling and not the sterile and puerile fans from the stadium.
Next year we will see him again haunt the circus as test rider for KTM that certainly he will capitalize on its long experience in MotoGP, but we miss the little Dani, in race reports, the charts and subdued comments. Chissà, maybe in the future return to racing, perhaps in Motoe or maybe can we expect some clean comment from the control room.
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