Pedrosa completes successful test at The Circuit of The Americas
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01/01/1970
The private MotoGP test held in Austin has come to a conclusion for Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.
It has been a valuable test for the Spanish rider who shaved over eight seconds off his times from the first outing here on Tuesday. Dani Pedrosa finished 2nd fastest with today's time of 2'03.898 taken on lap 4 of 25. After testing some settings in the morning, Dani decided not to do so many laps in the afternoon due to a slight neck strain from the morning. He will now rest ahead of next week's final pre-season test in Jerez on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of March, where he will look to confirm the setup changes and new rear shock that he tested in Austin.
The first race of 2013 is now less than a month away with the Grand Prix of Qatar taking place on 7th April.
Dani Pedrosa - 2nd - 2'03.898
“After the first exit this morning I had a pain in my neck, I'm not sure what caused it but it affected my riding so I decided not to do so many laps today. Everything has gone well though in general, we had three positive days and I'm happy we came here, because we were able to put in many laps of this circuit which is very tricky and difficult. There are some heavy braking points and some blind corners, so it was important to test here to find the references. We weren't able to try much in terms of settings, because we didn't know the track and the surface wasn't 100% with so few riders here, but we've been improving. We only tried the soft compound tyre, but in general the feeling is positive. I'd like to thank Honda for making the effort to come here, it has been valuable and I am very grateful!"
Testing Results
2 - Dani Pedrosa - 2'03.898 - SPA - HONDA - Repsol Honda Team
Photos courtesy of Garth Milan / Red Bull Content Pool
