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Encyclopedia > Dani Pedrosa
Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa
Nationality Flag of Spain Spanish
Date of birth September 29, 1985 (1985-09-29) (age 22)
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain
Website danipedrosa.com
MotoGP Record
Current team Repsol Honda Team
Bike number 2
World Championships 3
125cc: 2003
250cc: 2004, 2005
Race starts 113
Race Wins 27
Podium finishes 57
Pole positions 27
Fastest laps 27
Championship Points 1649
2008 Championship position 1st (61 pts) - In Progress

Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa Ramal (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer [1]. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 51kg (112.4lbs). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 683 pixel, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dani Pedrosa Metadata... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Sabadell is one of the largest cities in the comarca (similar to the UK counties) of Vallès Occidental in Catalonia. ... Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) logo Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1954. ... List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing FIM World Champions, from 1949 to 2006, in order of year and engine displacement. ... This article recaps the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... This article recaps the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 56th competitive motorcycle racing season, began on April 10 at Jerez and closing on November 6 at Valencia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In motorsport the quickest lap during the whole race is called the Fatest Lap. ... The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Sabadell is one of the largest cities in the comarca (similar to the UK counties) of Vallès Occidental in Catalonia. ... Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier category of motorcycle grand prix currently divided into three distinct classes: 125 cc, 250 cc and MotoGP. Grand prix motorcycles are purpose-built racing machines that are neither available for general purchase nor can be legitimately ridden on public roads; this contrasts... Castellar del Vallès is a municipality of the shire of Vallès Occidental. ...

Contents

Career

Early days

Dani 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 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 11, 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. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. ...


125cc

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 Albert 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 (Australia), ending his season.


250cc

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 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 practice session for Japanese Grand Prix.


MotoGP 2006

Dani Pedrosa on board the Repsol Honda RC211V.
Dani Pedrosa on board the Repsol Honda RC211V.

Pedrosa made the move to 990cc MotoGP bikes in 2006, still riding for Honda. Critics said that Pedrosa wasn't big enough or strong enough to successfully race MotoGP. He finished second in the opening round at Jerez on March 26, 2006. At his fourth ever MotoGP appearance, on May 14, 2006, during the Chinese Grand Prix race weekend held in Shanghai, he won his first MotoGP race. He won his second MotoGP race at Donington Park and became a strong candidate for the MotogGP Championship. It was a memorable victory for Dani, who shared the podium first time with Valentino Rossi in 2nd place. He also took 2 pole positions in the first half of the season. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 683 pixel, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dani Pedrosa Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 683 pixel, file size: 108 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dani Pedrosa Metadata... Repsol YPF is an integrated oil and gas company with operations in 29 countries, principally Spain and Argentina. ... Image:RC211V.jpg 2006 Honda RC211V of Nicky Hayden The Honda RC211V was developed in 2001 by HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) to replace the NSR500 because regulations for the World Championship motorcycle road racing 500cc class were changed drastically for the 2002 season. ... Circuito Permante de Jerez is a 4,428 m (2. ... Valentino Rossi (born February 16, 1979 in Urbino) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. ...


Until the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, Pedrosa was 2nd in the Championship only behind his more experienced team-mate 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 due to the cancellation of the qualifying session proper due to heavy rainfall. He miraculously managed to finish 3rd in that race, only 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. Nicholas Nicky Patrick Hayden, born July 30, 1981 ) in Owensboro, Kentucky, also known as The Kentucky Kid, is an American professional motorcycle racer and 2006 MotoGP World Champion. ... // Ducati abandoned the Grand Prix racing scene at the start of the 1970s. ... Loris Capirossi is an Italian motorcycle racer, who currently rides the factory Ducati MotoGP bike. ...

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 Nicky Hayden. On lap 5, he and Hayden were involved in a crash. Pedrosa 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. Estoril Beach Estoril is a civil parish of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais. ... Colin Edwards 2005 Colin Edwards Jr. ... Nicholas Nicky Patrick Hayden, born July 30, 1981 ) in Owensboro, Kentucky, also known as The Kentucky Kid, is an American professional motorcycle racer and 2006 MotoGP World Champion. ...


However, two weeks later, Hayden recovered to win the championship while Pedrosa managed to finish in 3rd place. This result clinched his 5th place in overall standings in his debut season, thus taking the title as Rookie of the Year in MotoGP category, beating fellow rookie and former rival in 250 cc Stoner. At the final (post 2006 season) three day test of 2006 at Jerez Spain, Dani put his 800 cc RC212V at the top of the timesheets (on qualifying tyres) edging out Valentino Rossi by 0.214 seconds. Rossi had been fastest for the first two days of the test. Dani set a time of 1min 39.910 sec around the circuit. Stoner can refer to: Eugene Stoner, weapons designer (1922-1997) Stoner, slang for a cannabis user Stoner 63, (XM207) a modular 5. ...


Pedrosa has continued to race with Honda in 2007 and 2008, on their Honda RC212V, the new 800 cc bike for the new season. Honda RC211V MotoGP bike for 2007 The Honda RC212V is a road racing motorcycle created to race in the 800 cc MotoGP series. ...


Career statistics

By Seasons

Seas Class Moto Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2001 125cc Honda RS125R 16 0 2 0 0 100 8th -
2002 125cc Honda RS125R 16 3 9 6 2 243 3rd -
2003 125cc Honda RS125R 14 5 6 3 3 223 1st 1
2004 250cc Honda RS250RW 16 7 13 4 8 317 1st 1
2005 250cc Honda RS250RW 16 8 11 5 7 309 1st 1
2006 MotoGP Honda RC211V 17 2 8 4 4 215 5th -
2007 MotoGP Honda RC212V 18 2 8 5 3 242 2nd -
Total 113 27 57 27 27 1649 3

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By class

Class Seas 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125 cc 2001-2003 2001 Japan 2001 Valencia 2002 Dutch 46 8 17 9 5 566 1
250 cc 2004-2005 2004 S. Africa 2004 S. Africa 2004 S. Africa 32 15 24 9 15 626 2
MotoGP 2006-2007 2006 Spain 2006 Spain 2006 China 35 4 16 9 7 457 0
Total 2001-2007 113 27 57 27 27 1649 3

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final Pos Pts
2001 125 cc Honda JPN
18
SAF
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 125 cc Honda JPN
8
SAF
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 125 cc Honda JPN
8
SAF
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
Inj
VAL
Inj
    1st 223
2004 250 cc Honda SAF
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 250 cc 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
SMR
Ret
POR
2
JPN
Ret
AUS
4
MAL
3
VAL
1
2nd 242
2008 MotoGP Honda QAT
3
SPA
1
POR
2
CHN
-
FRA
-
ITA
-
CAT
-
GBR
-
NED
-
GER
-
USA
-
CZE
-
SMR
-
IND
-
JPN
-
AUS
-
MAL
-
VAL
-
- -

This article recaps the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... This article recaps the 2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... This article recaps the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... This article recaps the 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 56th competitive motorcycle racing season, began on April 10 at Jerez and closing on November 6 at Valencia. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... Rossi congratulates Hayden despite losing the world championship to the American rider. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... The 2006 Gran Premio betandwin. ... The 2006 Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 Grand Prix of Turkey was the third race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 Polini Grand Prix of China was the fourth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 Alice Grand Prix de France was the fifth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 Gran Premio DItalia Alice was the sixth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 German motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling race held on June 16, 2006 at the Sachsenring. ... The 2006 GMC Australian Grand Prix was the fourteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... The 2006 A-Style Grand Prix of Japan was the fifteenth race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2006 bwin. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2006 Gran Premio bwin. ... The 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 59th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar was the opening round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Gran Premio bwin. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Grand Prix of Turkey was the third round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Grand Prix of China was the fourth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Grand Prix of France was the fifth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... The Intalian Motorcycle grand Prix was a race competed on 3rd June,2007 and was a race in the Moto GP 2007 Season. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Grand Prix of Catalunya was the seventh round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 San Marino and Riminis Coast motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP Championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP Championship. ... The 2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix is the fifteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... 250 cc 125 cc The 2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. ... The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. ... This article is about the Japanese motor corporation. ...

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Preceded by
Manuel Poggiali
250cc Motorcycle World Champion
2004-2005
Succeeded by
Jorge Lorenzo
Preceded by
Arnaud Vincent
125cc Motorcycle World Champion
2003
Succeeded by
Andrea Dovizioso


 

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