| Dani Pedrosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Pedrosa at the 2018 Valencian Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1985 Sabadell, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (Test rider) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | danipedrosa.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the 2018 season.[1] He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a three-time World Champion being the 125cc world champion in 2003, 250cc world champion in 2004, the youngest ever to win it and repeated it in 2005.
Pedrosa is a test and development rider for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. In 2021, he returned to race for KTM as a wildcard rider in Austria at the Styrian Grand Prix, followed by two outings in 2023, resulting in placing 6th and 7th at Jerez and two 4th places at Misano.[2]
Pedrosa is best known for his time with the Repsol Honda Team in the MotoGP class finishing championship runner-up in 2007, 2010 and 2012 and is one of the most successful modern MotoGP riders with 31 MotoGP victories and 112 podiums.
In 2019, the former Curva Dry Sac, a corner at the Spanish Circuito de Jerez, was renamed Curva Dani Pedrosa (English: Dani Pedrosa Corner) in his honour.[3] He has been described as the best MotoGP rider to have never won a MotoGP World Championship.[4][5] Pedrosa also competed in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe in 2022, driving for FFF Racing Team.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
retirementwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Matias, Bernardo (31 December 2023). "The 2023 Season for Wildcards and replacement riders in MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa stood out". Motorcycle Sports. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Jerez Turn 6 named after Pedrosa MotoGP.com, 3 May 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019
- ^ Newman, Luke (23 December 2020). "The Top 5 MotoGP Riders to never win a MotoGP World Championship". DriveTribe. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Dani Pedrosa, the best rider to never win a premier class title". everythingmotoracing.com. 20 August 2020.
- ^ Brownell, Bradley (28 March 2022). "MotoGP Star Dani Pedrosa Will Race Lamborghini Super Trofeo In 2022". Jalopnik. Retrieved 7 April 2022.