Location: London - UK
Weight: 48 kg
Height: 159 cm
Personal Hobbies: Cycling, supermoto, motocross, trial, movies, videogames
Nationality: Spanish
Repsol rider Years: 3The first time Daniel Pedrosa got on a motorcycle was four and then mount a 50 Italjet motocross, incorporating support side wheels. With six, Dani and started running in minibikes, his first pocket bike was a miniature replica of Kawasaki street. This was followed by other saddles, racing circuits and friends, always fun and not even imagine what was going to happen in the destination.
The year was 1996 when Pedrosa, who was then ten years, received his registration minimotos Spain Championship. He started racing in karts circuits throughout the Spanish territory, always accompanied by their parents and with the bike in the trunk of the car. He accompanied his younger brother, Eric, five years his junior and now also makes his first steps on two wheels. That year, Pedrosa was sixth in the first race due to a problem with the exhaust pipe of his bike. But in the second race and first climbed the podium. He enjoyed the experience and the season after finishing second decided the championship race again next year.He was unlucky and contracted chicken pox just days before the start of the 1997 championship. It was the beginning of the season and could not even put on a helmet. Because of this setback, at year end Pedrosa was eight points behind in third place in the overall standings.Although in 1998 finally managed to win the title, the races were still a hobby. Back then the Aprilia Cup 50 and Open RACC were popular promotion cups and Pedrosa was raised participate in any of them. Despite his heyday, he decided to leave the bikes and start running in mountain bike due to lack of resources and support. When he was about to get a license to start racing bikes, the family learned through a friend who was organizing the Movistar Activa Cup, a promotion cup with race bikes. Moving from minibikes to racing bikes was a huge change and Dani was still very young, but in early 1999 decided to submit an application for testing the Jarama circuit in Madrid. The weekend before the tests, Pedrosa learned to ride a bike with gears that rendered in an industrial near his home. I had never raced on a circuit and also the nerves, the bike was so high that his feet did not reach the floor. Nevertheless, the 13-year-old spent the selection tests and that year played the Movistar Activa Cup finishing in a creditable eighth. Of the twenty drivers who competed, only three became part of the team of Alberto Puig, who saw the enormous potential of Pedrosa, included him among the elect, with Joan Olive and Raul Jara.In 2000 he took part in the Championship of Spain built in the Movistar Junior Team. He completed four of the six races that were played, won four poles and took fourth place in the Championship, behind Joan Olive, Raul Jara and Toni Elias. Alberto Puig was then informed that he would run in the 125cc Motorcycle World. Pedrosa, who by that time was 14, could not believe, his dream was coming true. In the first race in Suzuka, was among the last on the grid, never before seen so many drivers running together and, above all, in a very competitive category. Remember that took fright at the first corner, something that has never happened again.The 2001 was a season of learning for Dani Pedrosa, but still managed two podium finishes, a third place in Valencia and another in Motegi. On several occasions took the output from the first and, although he was just experience, competed alongside the likes of riders Toni Elias, Manuel Poggiali or Youichi Ui. Finally was eighth in the championship. His third place finish in the 2002 World Cup, in which he fought for the title alongside Manuel Poggiali or Arnaud Vincent, was the confirmation of its tremendous potential. This was determined nine podiums and six pole positions achieved in its category this year, and three wins in Assen, Motegi and Valencia. Although he had to settle for third position, was considered the pilot with the greatest and most combative of the category.Dani Pedrosa faced his third campaign in the 125cc World Championship. with determination and with the intended title. Throughout the season showed a more typical maturity of a veteran pilot of a 18 year old, and he built a reputation as one of the most talented young sport. The Castellar was proclaimed Champion of 125cc. in Malaysia, with just two GP for last, after accumulating five victories and six podiums in total. Just a week later, unfortunately fed on the young driver, who suffered a frightening crash during practice of the Grand Prix of Australia, in which he broke both ankles.
After a difficult recovery, in 2004, under the guidance of Alberto Puig, mentor and trusted person, the young driver jumped to 250cc. Arose from the beginning of the season as learning and adapting to the category, and not in order to get the title, this time in the quarter-liter. Surprised from the first practice of the season, and the work and dedication of both the pilot and his young team, soon bore fruit. He won the first race of the season played in South Africa, after a spectacular fight with De Puniet. After the Grand Prix of Brazil took the lead in the general classification, position and did not leave until the end of the championship. In his first season in 250cc. was proclaimed World Champion in Australia, and at just 19 years old, the youngest of the story, fifteen years after he did Sito Pons. Besides the seven victories he won, was the great regularity of which he displayed throughout the year which made him champion title. Just got off the podium three times, one for falling under the deluge of Jerez, and two fourth places in Estoril and Phillip Island.
With more experience and maturity, Dani Pedrosa faced heavy favorite as his second season in 250cc. The considerable competition they faced, severe weather early season and the shoulder injury that occurred in training the Japanese Grand Prix, made that 2005 was not an easy year for the Repsol rider. In the end, 51 points were enough for the pupil of Alberto Puig did with his third world title at the Australian circuit of Phillip Island, two races before the end of the 2005 season.In the first Grand Prix of the season, played in Jerez, the reigning champion fulfilled its role and scored his first win at the Andalusian track. Little Friend of water past races in 2005 Pedrosa overcame his demons, as the weather was adversely on numerous occasions. In Donington and under heavy downpour, managed a creditable fourth place meant his best result in a race in wet conditions. The young Repsol rider classification led virtually from start to finish, and only left the top of the table during a Grand Prix, after the flood happened in Shanghai. Dani was slowly expanding its income, first on Dovizioso and Stoner then on, compared to that achieved a maximum difference of 63 points before the Japanese Grand Prix.Motegi was a turning point for Dani Pedrosa, who suffered three falls dwindled in training both your fitness and morale. Despite injuring his right shoulder and go race with little time to tune your Honda, skill and conviction led him to reach the goal behind the winner of the race, his teammate Aoyama. He arrived in Malaysia with little time to recover, despite achieving a creditable second place in the grid, on the second lap he crashed after losing the front wheel. First zero in his locker, a fact that took Stoner, winner of the Grand Prix of Malaysia, to reduce differences in general. Still recovering, Pedrosa worked hard in Qatar and managed to take fourth place, despite suffering apparent engine trouble. Australia meant the first "match ball" to Dani and the Repsol rider did not want to miss the chance. Making a good start, Dani was able to read the race perfectly. While Stoner rushed and ended on the floor during the fourth lap, Pedrosa stood behind Porto and escaped with the Argentine way of his seventh victory of the season. Only victory will be worth the Champion, and the finish line Dani beat Argentine driver, adding the 25 points needed to win his second world title in 250cc.With the third World Championship under his arm, in 2006 it was time to take the final leap in the World Championship. It was time to make his debut in the premier class and riding a MotoGP. And what better way to do it, that the hand of the best team of the last decade, the Repsol Honda Team?. Again, with the constant help of Alberto Puig, planned change category with all the prudence necessary to a challenge of this magnitude, focusing all the work to learn and adapt to the large differences of MotoGP over 240 hp power and 150 kilos, compared to a 250cc. about 90 hp and 100 kilos. The hard physical training during the winter and made steady progress in spring training were the prelude to the extraordinary debut in the category, proclaiming "Rookie" of the year thanks to his two wins, six podiums, and fifth place finish in the championship.In the year's first Grand Prix Championship in Jerez, the first glimpses of the talent of Pedrosa began to dazzle all and sundry. In his first race in the class and only twenty years, managed to finish in a superb second place, just a few tenths of veteran Loris Capirossi winner. After that first race, continued to shine with varying degrees of success in the following tests, and that while in Turkey he crashed on the last lap while fighting for victory with Melandri and Stoner, only took fifteen days to get their first win in the premier class. It was at the Chinese Grand Prix, where he won a historic victory joined on the podium by his teammate Nicky Hayden, who again confirmed the great potential of the Repsol Honda team, ultimately Team World Champions at the end of the season.Pedrosa continued to race by race leaving huge brushstrokes of future that awaits you in the category, with exciting duels with Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri in Germany and Czech Republic. It was a season not even exempt certain amount of drama staged in the penultimate round of the championship, when Nicky Hayden was played much of his options to the championship. With the Estoril circuit as the stage, in the fifth round of the Grand Prix Dani Pedrosa made a mistake that ended with both drivers on the floor, placing all the excitement of the championship at the final race in Valencia. In the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Cheste, great team work allowed both drivers Nicky Hayden win the MotoGP World Championship, the Repsol Honda team to the constructors' title and Dani Pedrosa with the title of "Rookie" of year. The perfect end to a splendid year.In 2007, Dani Pedrosa managed rub against the best, but the stranglehold of Stoner and constant struggles to bring your bike, in not very good condition, to the top, has resulted in a splendid 2nd place in the world . Noteworthy are the two important and splendid victories in the Grand Prix of Germany and Valencia.For 2008, Dani has a new bike that work to fight this 2008 against the Ducati of Stoner unbeatable.Currently, Dani Pedrosa lives between London, where he has settled. His hobbies include cycling team which has continued to enjoy as well as the supermotard, motocross or trial. Outside the world of sport enjoys going to the movies or hanging out with friends. Sometimes it points to the disco, but prefers entertained with computer games, because in the motorcycle and car, from his point of view, the behavior is very similar to the real ones. Dani memorized the circuits in which now runs much before minibikes, watching videotapes of 500cc racing, in the time when Rainey and Lawson ran, though his favorite driver has always been Mick Doohan.
Curiosities:
Color: Blue
Season: Summer
Actor: Sean Penn
Actress: Charlize Theron
Vacation spot: the beach
Movie: "The Last Samurai"
Artist / Group: The Boss
Song: "Only Time Will Tell" (Asia)
Book: "Every second counts"
Hobbies: music, internet, cycling, windsurfing and videogames
Favorite bike: Honda
Favorite track: Montegui
Favorite rider Michael Doohan
Most feared adversary: "I fear no one on the track"
Worst moment: Accident Australia 2003
Best moment: Gp Malaysia 2003
Religion: Christian
Left, Right or Centre: I do not follow politics
A person you admire: Lance Armstrong and Alberto A Puig
A hobby: The main hobby I have is not having my hobbies
Major strengths: Fighter, methodical, perfectionist
The best time of day: Evening
If it was not pilot would ... : Cycling
Dani Pedrosa or: he likes to be called Dani Pedrosa and
Pet: Your Cat Mill
A soccer player Xabi's F.C.Barcelona
Where you live: In Castellar del Valles with their parents or in Notting Hill, London
Summers: In the house of Alberto Puig, in Palma de Mallorca
Gets along with: Julian Simon, Rossi and Edwards
(Source by: Danipedrosa.clanteam.com)
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