In 2011 and 2012 Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa met in the Repsol Honda Team garage, with the riders having a history of success and creating a solid foundation of friendship for the future.
Stoner was recently highlighted when talking about Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez’s relationship on the Ducati Diaries podcast, remembering that the Italian ended up making a crucial mistake by ‘antagonizing’ the #93, a mentally very strong rider who didn’t get shaken nine times world champion, and also explained that Il Dottore did not have the ability to mentally affect drivers of the ‘new generation’, such as, as was the case with Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and himself.
Regarding the Spaniard with whom he shared the Honda garage during these two years, Stoner had nothing but praise and mentioned that the relationship of friendship and respect between them continues to this day:
– He’s one of the people I’ve maintained a friendship with beyond racing. Despite our rivalry, I have nothing but respect for him and he respects me.
The former Australian rider, it is worth mentioning, would end up retiring from MotoGP precisely in 2012 after having been world champion the previous year, and third in the world championship, behind Pedrosa, that year, in which Lorenzo was the champion.
