Dani Pedrosa is packing it all in :(

[CaNsA]

‘I cannot continue racing this way’

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/217087/1/pedrosa-i-cannot-continue-racing-this-way.html

Bad times bro

[Howling Terror]

Not the way to go out is it.

Must be pretty bad if the surgeons won't operate.

So, CS27 still has a set of keys....
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[Old Git Racing]

The other 6 years years when he had the best bike and no arm pump doesn't count then?

OGR
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[Doovy]

And the excuses keep coming.

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/03/30/lorenzo-i-lost-half-of-my-vision/172975
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[Kris]

I don't think he would have had that ride for the last few years if he wasn't Puig's protege...

No fucks given anyway.
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[Liam_]

Here is what Livio Suppo (aka Honda) has to say about it.

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/217095/1/honda-we-need-to-help-pedrosa.html

Suppo did say that even with this problem he is still very competitive.
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[Liam_]

Photo of the problem

https://twitter.com/BorjaGonzalezG/status/582302598566281216
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[Howling Terror]

....so more dribbles of truth leak out.

If armpump isn't a problem during tests with race simulations then maybe he can needs to scoff a few pies and do some more pressups.
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[RedPanda]

Hiroshi Aoyama to replace him in Austin. Boring.

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/pedrosa-confirms-surgery-aoyoma-to-race-austin-motogp
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[Al]

I thought in his statement he'd been told by a load of doctors that further surgery wouldn't work.
Hiro is a safe but rather boring choice. Will probably get some useful testing data and secure a few points for honda without much crashing so makes sense I guess.
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[Crockstar]

I'm a massive Danni fan but I think he's been through enough surgery now. I hope this surgery fixes the problem if not he should hang up the leathers with his head held high on his day he's beaten everyone.

[Liam_]

[Clanger]

Ah well, I guess there are only so many times you can start at the front and go backwards. Its gotta start grating at some point. Surprised he hasn't quit before now, tbh.
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[Howling Terror]

He's won a race every year since joining motogp.
More premier class wins than Freddy Spencer, Kenny Roberts snr, Schwantz, Rainey, Gardner and Surtees.

[Suntan Sid]

Hats off to him for competing in MotoGP!

However, he's tiny, so I can't say his injuries comes as a, huge, surprise.
When he moved from 250s to MotoGP there was speculation that he was too small to handle the bikes, he proved his critics wrong, but that's, obviously, taken its toll!

As well as having to play second fiddle for the majority of his MotoGP career, as said previously, he never seemed to have the killer instinct!

So long to the MotoGP Hobbit!
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[Al]

It wasn't so long ago that some of the heavier moto GP riders were calling for a minimum weight limit because they felt Pedrosa had an unfair advantage.
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[Speed]

I've always felt a tad sorry for Pedrosa. He's got the speed and the talent but each year there has always been injuries to cope with or someone else that has had a better package. What with Marquez owning him in his first couple of years in Motogp makes me think he's took another psychological battering for which he'll never make it back to the front and challenging for championships.
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[thebun]

I couldnt careless for Pedrosa im afraid . I think i would probably feel different about him if he wasnt in his TENTH YEAR ON FACTORY HONDA !!!!
Imagine how good most pro's would be with that oppotunity.
Say Johnny Rea for example .....
He's kept that ride because of Puig , and it stinks.
If anything, a move away from the fire breathing honda's to a more user freindly Yam would probably have helped his career.

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[Howling Terror]

[Al]

[thebun]

Rea did ride 1 round I think. Honda were apparently impressed with his input. You can't just jump on Bridgestones and go fast mid season .
Rea is still quite young . He didn't hang around to win champs when he could move up . He's spent recent times overy riding a pretty uncompetitive honda , and getting injured because of it.
Now look how good he is !
But there are a lot of pros that with half the time Dani has had at hrc , could have produced just as much .