DANI PEDROSA – World Championship Position 2nd – 183 points
“We are at a very competitive moment right now and three wins so far this year is more than I had in my previous MotoGP seasons. It’s a nice milestone to pass and so I’m feeling very confident for the next races. Indianapolis was great and it was very satisfying to win such a physically demanding race, however, we don’t have so much time to recover before Misano this weekend. Having said that, we’ll be ready. The team is in a good mood and we have proved that we can be competitive for many races in a row, so we want to continue this form. Misano has been a difficult circuit for Honda in the last few years but this time we will try to do the best possible job and be right at the front once again. It’s a track with many linked slow corners where you need a very agile bike and also a smooth power delivery, whereas our engine is very strong but can also be qui te aggressive which causes the bike to slide. So we’ll have to do a very good job to find the right setting and get good traction – as we did in Indianapolis. It’s not so much a power circuit as one which requires good driveability from the engine. The gap in the championship to Lorenzo is still very big and he has been very consistent, so our goal for the rest of the season is simply to continue being competitive at every GP and give ourselves the chance to win races, starting with another one this weekend.”
ANDREA DOVIZIOSO – World Championship Position 3rd – 126 points
“We arrive in Misano in very determined mood; our target is the podium. In Indianapolis we were fast during the race weekend but we couldn’t maintain consistent speed for the whole race distance and this is something we must work on and improve. Now we need to score some strong results. The Misano track is short and twisty and there are a lot of bumps, but after Indianapolis we are certainly used to bumps and I’m look forward to race there. I’m confident. Misano is a special track for me, not only because it’s my home GP – in fact I live only 70kms away – but because I raced my first “real” race bike there in 2000. It was my debut on a proper race machine – it was 125cc – after having raced pocket bikes up to that point. I remember that it was an incredible experience, and at that moment I had the feeling that something big and special was happening. In last year’s MotoGP weekend here I raced for the first time with Ohlins suspension and I came home fourth, which was a respectable result. So I’m feeling very positive about this GP because compared to last year we have progressed a lot.”
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Honda Rider Statistics – Dani Pedrosa
Age 24
Racing number 26
Race machine Honda RC212V
Date of birth September 29, 1985
Birthplace Castellar del Valles – Spain
Height 1.59m
Weight 52kg
Hobbies Cycling, Music
Grand Prix debut 2001, 125cc Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka
First GP win 2002, 125cc Dutch Grand Prix, Assen
GP wins 34: 8 x 125cc, 15 x 250cc, 11 x MotoGP
GP podiums 86: 17 x 125cc, 24 x 250cc, 45 x MotoGP
GP pole positions 34: 9 x 125cc, 9 x 250cc, 16 x MotoGP
World Championships 3: 1 x 125cc (2003); 2 x 250cc (2004, 2005)
San Marino GP results 2009 3rd (MotoGP); 2008 4th (MotoGP); 2007 DNF (MotoGP)
Honda Rider Statistics – Andrea Dovizioso
Age 24
Racing number 4
Race machine Honda RC212V
Date of birth March 23, 1986
Birthplace Forli, Italy
Height 1.65m
Weight 63kg
Hobbies MX, Supermoto
Grand Prix debut 2001, Italian Grand Prix, Mugello
First GP win 2004, Africa’s Grand Prix, Welcom
GP wins 10: 5 x 125cc, 4 x 250cc, 1 x MotoGP
GP podiums 47: 15 x 125cc, 26 x 250cc, 6 x MotoGP
GP pole positions 13: 9 x 125cc, 4 x 250cc
World Championships 1: 125cc (2004)
San Marino GP results 2009 4th (MotoGP); 2008 8th (MotoGP); 2007 DNF (250cc)
