Dani Pedrosa – ‘You can see the difference in Marc Márquez’s attitude when he has an opportunity and when he doesn’t’

The Australian Grand Prix turned the MotoGP World Championship upside down. It all started with the schedule changes due to the weather conditions, a forecast that was completely accurate. Despite the full Moto3 race and several Moto2 laps, the latter was canceled and then the MotoGP race was also canceled. The Sunday race became the Sprint race, as the main race was moved to Saturday to ensure a good show. Dani Pedrosa, the commentator for this weekend on DAZN, analyzes three names after the weekend at Phillip Island.

One of the first is Marc Márquez. The Repsol Honda rider has already had a total of 25 falls. Pedrosa analyzes how Márquez should approach the last Grand Prixs he has ahead before leaving the Japanese manufacturer. “It will depend a little on each circuit. I think that, as happened on some tracks, the bike adapted less badly than on others. And there we saw him attack a little more, looking for a good result. This weekend, we saw him set a worse time and adopt a different strategy. We can see the change in his attitude when he has the opportunity and when he doesn’t. Overall, he has to analyze track by track. You can’t look too far ahead, just see how the bike can perform in the next race. In addition, in Thailand, the rear tire has a different construction, different from what it is currently. We will see if that is a factor that influences the behavior of the bike.

Dani Pedrosa on the MotoGP title fight

Pecco Bagnaia is stronger than ever. The Italian took advantage of Jorge Martin’s mistake to finish second in Saturday’s race: ‘It’s a bit of his character. He is a person who likes to analyze why he does certain things, why he has to ride in a certain way according to the tire, and how to attack his rivals. He likes to know why he does things and yesterday he had the patience to know that the important thing was to preserve the tire, trying not to lose many positions. He found that middle ground, but without forcing it. And that actually worked’.

Finally, Pedrosa spoke about Jorge Martín. For the current KTM test rider, Martín has to reset and stop thinking about what happened in the last Grand Prixs.

– ‘We should not spend too much time in the past and we should not spend too much time in the future, we have to be in the present. This is what has been happening, I learn from it, I look to the future. But I am not thinking about Qatar or Valencia, I am thinking about the next race, the first practice. I will go step by step, because in this situation it is the smartest thing to do’.