Dani Pedrosa strengthened his grasp on second place in the World Championship, and therefore the chances of a Spanish 1-2 for MotoGP 2010, by commandingly winning the Indianapolis Grand Prix on Sunday. The circus now has less than a week to regroup before this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.
After picking up only the fifth-best grid spot on Saturday, the Barcelona man rode to victory in Sunday’s race by leading home Ben Spies’ Tech 3 Yamaha by the healthy margin of three and a half seconds.
“We are at a very competitive moment right now and three wins so far this year is more than I’ve had in my previous MotoGP seasons,” Pedrosa said on Tuesday morning. “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.
“We’ll have to do a very good job to find the right setting and get good traction - as we did at 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 Grand Prix and give ourselves the chance to win races, starting with another one this weekend.”
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