Dani Pedrosa

Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2018 season.[1] He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He was a 125 cc world champion in 2003, and is the youngest world champion in 250 cc Grands Prix in the 2004 season. In 2019, the former Curva Dry Sac, a corner at the Jerez racetrack in Spain was renamed Pedrosa Corner after him.[2]

Dani Pedrosa
Pedrosa at the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1985-09-29) 29 September 1985 Sabadell, Spain
Current team	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (Test Rider)
Website	danipedrosa.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2006–2018 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2018 championship position 11th (117 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 236 31 112 31 44 3087 250cc World Championship Active years 2004–2005 Manufacturers Honda Championships 2 (2004, 2005) 2005 championship position 1st (309 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 15 24 9 15 626 125cc World Championship Active years 2001–2003 Manufacturers Honda Championships 1 (2003) 2003 championship position 1st (223 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 46 8 17 9 5 566

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pedrosa and the second or maternal family name is Ramal.

In spite of never being a MotoGP world champion, Pedrosa won races in twelve consecutive seasons in the championship (2006–2017). He has also finished as championship runner-up on three occasions (2007, 2010 and 2012).

Pedrosa spent 13 seasons riding for Repsol Honda until the end of 2018.[3] In a televised press announcement, he confirmed his retirement from MotoGP competition on 12 July.[1]

In late October, it was confirmed he signed for the KTM MotoGP team as a development test rider for 2019 and 2020, ending his long association with Honda.[4] Pedrosa replaced KTM's regular test rider Mika Kallio, who suffered a serious knee injury when racing as a scheduled wildcard entry in July 2018.[5]

Career

Early career

Born in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, Pedrosa started riding bikes at the early age of four, when he got his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, which had side-wheels. His first racing bike was a minibike replica of a Kawasaki, which he got at the age of six and which he used to race with his friends. Pedrosa experienced real racing at the age of 9, when he entered the Spanish Minibike Championship and ended his debut season in second place, scoring his first podium finish in the second race of the season. The next year, Pedrosa entered the same championship, but health problems prevented him from improving his results and he ended that season in 3rd position.

125cc World Championship

In 2001, Pedrosa made his World Championship debut in the 125cc class after being selected from the Movistar Activa Cup, a series designed to promote fresh racing talent in Spain, back in 1999. Under the guidance of Alberto Puig, Pedrosa scored two podium finishes in the first season and won his first race the following year, when he finished third in the championship. In 2003, he won five races and won the championship with two rounds remaining, scoring 223 points. In his first championship winning year, Pedrosa scored five victories and six podium finishes. A week after winning the championship, eighteen-year-old Pedrosa broke both of his ankles in a crash during practice at Phillip Island, ending his season.

250cc World Championship

After winning the 125cc Championship, Pedrosa moved up to the 250cc class in 2004 without a proper test on the new bike because his ankles were healing during the off-season. Going into the season unprepared, Pedrosa won the first race in South Africa and went on to clinch the 250cc World Championship title, including rookie of the year honours. In his first season in 250cc class, Pedrosa scored 7 victories and 13 podium finishes. Pedrosa decided to stay for one more season in the 250cc class, and he won another title, once again with two races remaining in championship. In 2005, Pedrosa won 8 races and scored 14 podium finishes, despite a shoulder injury he sustained in a practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix.

MotoGP World Championship

Pedrosa on board the Repsol Honda RC211V at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix

2006

Pedrosa made the move to 990cc MotoGP bikes in 2006, riding for Repsol Honda. Critics said that Pedrosa's tiny stature was not strong enough to handle a big, heavy MotoGP bike and successfully race in the premier class. Proving critics wrong, he finished second in the opening round at Jerez on 26 March 2006. At his fourth ever MotoGP appearance, on 14 May 2006, during the Chinese Grand Prix, he won his first race. This win made him the equal 2nd youngest winner (tied with Norick Abe) in the premier class at the time,[6] behind Freddie Spencer. He won his second MotoGP race at Donington Park and became a strong candidate for the MotoGP Championship. It was a memorable victory for Pedrosa, who shared the podium for the first time with Valentino Rossi in 2nd place. He also took two pole positions in the first half of the season. Until the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, Pedrosa was 2nd in the Championship only behind his more experienced teammate Nicky Hayden. However, he fell heavily during free practice and suffered a severe gash to the knee, which practically rendered him immobile. Pedrosa qualified 5th on the grid in that race after heavy rain cancelled the qualifying session. He managed to finish 3rd in the race, behind Rossi and Ducati rider Loris Capirossi.

However, in the next races, his form dropped and he struggled with the bike, moving him down to 5th place in the MotoGP standings. His poor performance continued at Estoril. After a promising start, he briefly ran 2nd before being passed by Colin Edwards and then championship leader and teammate Hayden. On lap 5, he and Hayden were involved in a crash. Pedrosa made a mistake whilst trying to overtake Hayden, slid and crashed out of the race, taking out Hayden on the way. This crash ended his slim chances of winning the championship and also caused Hayden to lose his lead in the championship standings, as Rossi managed to finish 2nd. However, two weeks later, Hayden recovered to win the championship while Pedrosa managed to finish in 4th place. This result clinched his 5th place in overall standings in his debut season, thus taking the title as Rookie of the Year, beating former 250cc rival Casey Stoner. At the end of season three-day test of 2006 at Jerez, Pedrosa put his 800 cc RC212V at the top of the timesheets (on qualifying tyres) edging out Rossi, who had been fastest on the first two days, by 0.214 seconds.

2007

Pedrosa during pre-season testing for the 2007 season

Pedrosa continued to race with Honda in 2007 on their Honda RC212V, the new 800 cc bike. The machine had problems,[7] and Pedrosa was taken out of races by Olivier Jacque and by Randy de Puniet, but he finished the season in second place behind Stoner and ahead of Rossi. He signed a 2-year contract with Repsol Honda for 2008 and 2009.[8]

2008

In 2008 Pedrosa's problems with the RC212V continued when he was injured in the pre-season and missed developmental testing, but started the season well by scoring a podium at the first round.[9] While leading the race and the standings in the German round, he crashed and was injured, keeping him from racing in the following two rounds. Michelin's performance in MotoGP deteriorated, resulting in Pedrosa switching to Bridgestone at the Indianapolis round.[10][11] He finished third in the standings in 2008.

2009

As in 2008, Pedrosa crashed in the 2009 pre-season and injured himself, keeping him from testing the machine before the start of the season. He placed 11th in the first round, but recovered his fitness in the following rounds.[12] At the fifth round he injured himself again in practice and then fell during the race, putting him 33 points behind the leader.[13]

2010

Pedrosa at the 2010 Dutch TT

For 2010, Pedrosa reverted to number 26—a number he used when he first entered MotoGP—from number 2 in 2008 and number 3 in 2009. He took this decision to please his fans who had asked him to return to the number he had always used.[14] Pedrosa won four races in 2010 and finished second in the championship standings behind Jorge Lorenzo.

2011

Pedrosa at the Portuguese Grand Prix, where he took his first win of the season

Pedrosa remained with an expanded three-rider Repsol Honda team in 2011, partnering Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner.[15] Pedrosa took podium placings in the opening three races of the season, culminating in a victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix in May.[16] On lap 18 of the following race in France, Pedrosa was involved in an incident with Gresini Racing's Marco Simoncelli while fighting over second place in the race; Simoncelli passed Pedrosa on the outside line into the Chemin aux Boeufs, but pulled in front of Pedrosa and as a result, Pedrosa clipped Simoncelli's rear wheel and fell to the ground.[17] Simoncelli was given a ride-through penalty, while the fall left Pedrosa with a broken collarbone,[18] which ruled him out until July's Italian Grand Prix, where he finished in eighth place.

Pedrosa claimed his second victory of the season at the German Grand Prix, after taking advantage of an error by Lorenzo with nine laps left in the race.[19] He finished third at Laguna Seca the following weekend, before taking his first pole position of the season at the Czech Grand Prix.[20] He crashed out during the race, but finished the next three races in second place, before winning his third race of the season – and the 400th race win by a Spanish rider[21] – in Japan, where his title chances in 2010 had ended; and moved within one point of teammate Dovizioso for third place in the championship.[22] Dovizioso finished ahead of Pedrosa in both Australia and Valencia, while the Malaysian race, in which Pedrosa had qualified on pole for,[23] was cancelled due to the death of Simoncelli in the first attempt to run the race.[24]

2012

Pedrosa remained with Repsol Honda into the 2012 season, again partnering Stoner in a reduced two-bike effort.[25] Pedrosa finished six of the first seven races on the podium, with a best result of second on three occasions. He won his first race of the season at the German Grand Prix, winning at the Sachsenring for the third year in succession; Pedrosa and Stoner had been running one-two in the race, before Stoner crashed on the final lap.[26] At the Italian Grand Prix, it was announced that Pedrosa had signed a two-year contract extension with the Repsol Honda team from 2013 onwards, and would be partnered by Moto2 front-runner Marc Márquez.[27][28] Pedrosa finished that weekend's race second, before a third place at the United States Grand Prix. Following the summer break, Pedrosa scored his second victory of the season at Indianapolis, winning from pole position as well as setting a lap record during the race.[29] He followed that victory up with another at Brno, prevailing after a final-lap battle with main title rival Jorge Lorenzo.[30]

At Misano, Pedrosa qualified on pole for the race,[31] which was then delayed after Karel Abraham's Ducati stalled just before the start, forcing the riders to complete a second parade lap. Pedrosa's front tyre warmer became stuck just before his bike was restarted; the bike was removed from the grid – to be replaced by the back-up bike – but the tyre warmer was removed at the last moment and the bike was restored to the grid. However, Pedrosa had to start the race from the back, due to a rules infraction relating to the start procedure. He had managed to make his way into the top ten on the opening lap before he was taken out by Héctor Barberá,[32] losing ground to Lorenzo, who won the race.[33] In the Aragon Grand Prix, Pedrosa qualified second but took the victory, after passing Lorenzo on lap seven; the result allowed Pedrosa to close the championship gap to 33 points.[34][35] In the end, Pedrosa failed to become champion after his DNF in Australia. He finished the 2012 season as runner-up to Lorenzo with 332 points, the highest number of points ever gained without taking the title at the time.

2013

Pedrosa remained with Repsol Honda into the 2013 season partnering new teammate Marc Márquez. He won races in Spain,[36] France,[37] and Malaysia but missed the race in Germany, due to injury.[38] He also failed to finish in Aragon after contact with Márquez.[39] He obtained 300 points for the season, and finished in third place in the championship, behind Jorge Lorenzo and Márquez, who won the championship.

2014

Pedrosa at the 2014 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

Pedrosa remained with Repsol Honda into the 2014 season, again partnering Márquez and started the season positively, by recording four consecutive podium finishes. His first victory of the season came in the Czech Republic, ending the 10-race winning streak that Márquez had been on, since the start of the season.[40] He was involved in a three-way rivalry with Yamaha riders Lorenzo and Rossi to finish as the overall championship runner-up, but had to settle for fourth place after failing to score any points in the races at Phillip Island and Sepang.

2015

Pedrosa remained with Repsol Honda into the 2015 season, and took a sixth-place finish in the opening race in Qatar. Thereafter, he missed the races in Texas, Argentina and Spain,[41] after electing to undergo surgery to alleviate issues with arm-pump.[42] Pedrosa returned to racing at Le Mans but he crashed at the Dunlop chicane; he remounted and could only finish in sixteenth place, before he finished in fourth place at Mugello. Pedrosa claimed his first podium of the season at the Catalan Grand Prix,[43] finishing third behind the Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, before he finished in eighth place at Assen.

Pedrosa finished second behind teammate Márquez in Germany. Pedrosa achieved his first victory of the season – the fiftieth of his career, becoming the eighth rider to reach that mark – in drying conditions at Motegi.[44] The victory ensured that Pedrosa completed a fourteenth successive season with at least one win. He added a second win in Malaysia.[45] Pedrosa finished fourth in the championship standings.

2016

Pedrosa remained with Repsol Honda for the 2016 season. Despite a difficult season, struggling with the Michelin tires[46] and with an RC213V that he found difficult to ride,[47] he was able to score in every race he finished and to maintain his streak of winning at least one race in each of the eleven seasons (2006-2016) that he has competed in the premier class.

Pedrosa began the season with a fifth-place finish in Qatar, and placed in the top five in each of the first seven rounds apart from Texas (where a crash with Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took both riders out of the race[48]), with third place podium finishes in Argentina and Catalunya. Pedrosa struggled with setup and the Michelin tires through the next several cold and rain-hit rounds. He returned to the top five in Great Britain and achieved his first and only win of the season with a strong performance at Misano. A highside crash in free practice 2 at Motegi essentially ended Pedrosa's season, with a fractured right collarbone, right fibula,[49] and left foot[50] causing him to miss the three flyaway races while undergoing and recovering from the 14th major surgery of his career.[51] He returned for the final race of the season but crashed out of the race. Pedrosa finished sixth in the championship standings, his worst finish to a season since his rookie year in the premier class.

Pedrosa was contracted to continue racing for Repsol Honda for 2017 and 2018.[52]

2018

Following the fact that Honda didn't renew his contract for the 2019 season, with Jorge Lorenzo taking his place,[53] Pedrosa announced in a press conference at the German Grand Prix on 12 July that he would retire from the MotoGP world championship by the end of 2018.[1]

Injuries

Throughout his World Championship career Pedrosa has been plagued by injuries, and has a high injury per crash ratio compared to other top riders. These injuries has often prevented him from clean seasons that would allow a shot at the title.

• 2003 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix (125cc) Double fracture in the talus bone of the left foot and a fracture of the right ankle.
• 2005 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (250cc) Fracture of the left humeral head that affected the supraspinal tendon.
• 2006 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Small fracture of the small left toe and loss of cutaneous matter on the right knee. 5 stitches in that vertical cut.
• 2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Thoracic trauma, blow to the left gluteus and neck trauma.
• 2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Post-traumatic arthritis with inflammation to the small toe of the left foot.
• 2008 Sepang test (MotoGP) Fracture of the second metacarpal in the right hand, with three diaphyseal fragments, which are the bones that are found in the middle part of the metacarpus.
• 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) General inflammation of the left hand with hematomas in the veins of the extensor tendons. Displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the left index finger. A sprain of the interphalangeal articulation next to the left middle finger. Fracture of the large bone of the left wrist. Sprain of the lateral external ligament of the right ankle.
• 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Capsular hematoma on the left knee that had to be treated two months after.
• 2009 Qatar test (MotoGP) Fracture of the radius of the left arm and contusion on the left knee that required a skin graft, because the scar re-opened from an operation before Christmas.
• 2009 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Incomplete fracture of the greater trochanter of the right femur. A fracture without displacement, an injury that requires absolute rest and treatment with painkillers.[54]
• 2009 December (MotoGP) Underwent an operation to remove a screw from his left wrist.[55]
• 2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Four-fragment chip fracture of the left collarbone and a Grade 1 ankle sprain.[56]
• 2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Fractured right collarbone.[57]
• 2013 German motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Small fracture of left collarbone.[58]
• 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Arm pump of right hand.[42]
• 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Fracture of right collarbone consisting of four fragments, requiring surgery (the 14th major surgery of his career [51]). Subcapital fracture of the right fibula with no displacement, requiring only immobilization.[49] Fracture to the fourth metatarsal of the left foot.[50]
• 2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) Fracture of the right wrist, requiring surgery to repair.[59]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2001	125cc	Honda RS125	Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team	26	16	0	2	0	0	100	8th	–
2002	125cc	Honda RS125	Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team	26	16	3	9	6	2	243	3rd	–
2003	125cc	Honda RS125	Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team	3	14	5	6	3	3	223	1st	1
2004	250cc	Honda RS250R	Telefónica MoviStar Honda 250cc	26	16	7	13	4	8	317	1st	1
2005	250cc	Honda RS250R	Telefónica Movistar Honda 250cc	1	16	8	11	5	7	309	1st	1
2006	MotoGP	Honda RC211V	Repsol Honda Team	26	17	2	8	4	4	215	5th	–
2007	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	26	18	2	8	5	3	242	2nd	–
2008	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	2	17	2	11	2	2	249	3rd	–
2009	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	3	17	2	11	2	5	234	3rd	–
2010	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	26	15	4	9	4	8	245	2nd	–
2011	MotoGP	Honda RC212V	Repsol Honda Team	26	14	3	9	2	4	219	4th	–
2012	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	18	7	15	5	9	332	2nd	–
2013	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	17	3	13	2	4	300	3rd	–
2014	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	18	1	10	1	2	246	4th	–
2015	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	15	2	6	1	0	206	4th	–
2016	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	15	1	3	0	1	155	6th	–
2017	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	18	2	9	3	2	210	4th	–
2018	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Repsol Honda Team	26	18	0	0	0	0	117	11th	–
Total					295	54	153	49	64	4162		3

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2001–2003	2001 Japan	2001 Valencia	2002 Netherlands	46	8	17	9	5	566	1
250cc	2004–2005	2004 South Africa	2004 South Africa	2004 South Africa	32	15	24	9	15	626	2
MotoGP	2006–2018	2006 Spain	2006 Spain	2006 China	217	31	112	31	44	2970	0
Total	2001–2018				295	54	153	49	64	4162	3

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2001	125cc	Honda	JPN 18	RSA 13	SPA 10	FRA 17	ITA 23	CAT 7	NED Ret	GBR 12	GER 11	CZE 8	POR 5	VAL 3	PAC 3	AUS 7	MAL 4	BRA Ret				8th	100
2002	125cc	Honda	JPN 8	RSA 3	SPA 4	FRA 3	ITA 4	CAT 2	NED 1	GBR 2	GER 7	CZE 2	POR 10	BRA Ret	PAC 1	MAL 3	AUS 5	VAL 1				3rd	243
2003	125cc	Honda	JPN 8	RSA 1	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA 2	CAT 1	NED 8	GBR Ret	GER 4	CZE 1	POR 4	BRA 4	PAC 6	MAL 1	AUS WD	VAL				1st	223
2004	250cc	Honda	RSA 1	SPA Ret	FRA 1	ITA 2	CAT 2	NED 2	BRA 2	GER 1	GBR 1	CZE 3	POR 4	JPN 1	QAT 2	MAL 1	AUS 4	VAL 1				1st	317
2005	250cc	Honda	SPA 1	POR 4	CHN 6	FRA 1	ITA 1	CAT 1	NED 2	GBR 4	GER 1	CZE 1	JPN 2	MAL Ret	QAT 4	AUS 1	TUR 2	VAL 1				1st	309
2006	MotoGP	Honda	SPA 2	QAT 6	TUR 14	CHN 1	FRA 3	ITA 4	CAT Ret	NED 3	GBR 1	GER 4	USA 2	CZE 3	MAL 3	AUS 15	JPN 7	POR Ret	VAL 4			5th	215
2007	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 3	SPA 2	TUR Ret	CHN 4	FRA 4	ITA 2	CAT 3	GBR 8	NED 4	GER 1	USA 5	CZE 4	RSM Ret	POR 2	JPN Ret	AUS 4	MAL 3	VAL 1		2nd	242
2008	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 3	SPA 1	POR 2	CHN 2	FRA 4	ITA 3	CAT 1	GBR 3	NED 2	GER Ret	USA WD	CZE 15	RSM 4	IND 8	JPN 3	AUS Ret	MAL 2	VAL 2		3rd	249
2009	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 11	JPN 3	SPA 2	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT 6	NED Ret	USA 1	GER 3	GBR 9	CZE 2	IND 10	RSM 3	POR 3	AUS 3	MAL 2	VAL 1			3rd	234
2010	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 7	SPA 2	FRA 5	ITA 1	GBR 8	NED 2	CAT 2	GER 1	USA Ret	CZE 2	IND 1	RSM 1	ARA 2	JPN DNS	MAL	AUS DNS	POR 8	VAL 7		2nd	245
2011	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 3	SPA 2	POR 1	FRA Ret	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA 8	GER 1	USA 3	CZE Ret	IND 2	RSM 2	ARA 2	JPN 1	AUS 4	MAL C	VAL 5		4th	219
2012	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 2	SPA 3	POR 3	FRA 4	CAT 2	GBR 3	NED 2	GER 1	ITA 2	USA 3	IND 1	CZE 1	RSM Ret	ARA 1	JPN 1	MAL 1	AUS Ret	VAL 1		2nd	332
2013	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 4	AME 2	SPA 1	FRA 1	ITA 2	CAT 2	NED 4	GER DNS	USA 5	IND 2	CZE 2	GBR 3	RSM 3	ARA Ret	MAL 1	AUS 2	JPN 3	VAL 2		3rd	300
2014	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 3	AME 2	ARG 2	SPA 3	FRA 5	ITA 4	CAT 3	NED 3	GER 2	IND 4	CZE 1	GBR 4	RSM 3	ARA 14	JPN 4	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 3		4th	246
2015	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 6	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA 16	ITA 4	CAT 3	NED 8	GER 2	IND 4	CZE 5	GBR 5	RSM 9	ARA 2	JPN 1	AUS 5	MAL 1	VAL 3		4th	206
2016	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 5	ARG 3	AME Ret	SPA 4	FRA 4	ITA 4	CAT 3	NED 12	GER 6	AUT 7	CZE 12	GBR 5	RSM 1	ARA 6	JPN WD	AUS	MAL	VAL Ret		6th	155
2017	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 5	ARG Ret	AME 3	SPA 1	FRA 3	ITA Ret	CAT 3	NED 13	GER 3	CZE 2	AUT 3	GBR 7	RSM 14	ARA 2	JPN Ret	AUS 12	MAL 5	VAL 1		4th	210
2018	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 7	ARG Ret	AME 7	SPA Ret	FRA 5	ITA Ret	CAT 5	NED 15	GER 8	CZE 8	AUT 7	GBR C	RSM 6	ARA 5	THA Ret	JPN 8	AUS Ret	MAL 5	VAL 5	11th	117

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External links

• Official website
• Dani Pedrosa – Profile at the official MotoGP website