Dani Pedrosa with HRC through 2018
Honda Racing Corporation has announced the renewal of its contract with Dani Pedrosa for an additional two years. Both parties reached the agreement ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix, which will be the 30-year-old Spanish rider’s 250th in the World Championship.
Dani Pedrosa
“I’m very happy to be able to announce my renewal with the Repsol Honda Team. I’m very grateful to Honda for the trust they’ve shown in renewing with me for an additional two years. I think it’s best for me to continue with the company I was with at my very first race. I’m happy that the negotiations have been quick, and now I can just focus on racing. I want to give 100% this weekend at the Italian GP.”
Pedrosa has been a Honda rider for his entire career, beginning with his 2001 Grand Prix debut in the then 125cc class. A 125cc and double 250cc World Champion, Pedrosa entered MotoGP with the Repsol Honda Team in 2006 and has finished title runner-up on three occasions (2007, 2010, 2012) and third an additional three times (2008, 2009, 2013).
Shuhei Nakamoto – HRC Executive Vice President
“We’re very pleased to renew our contract with Dani, and we really appreciate his loyalty to Honda and HRC. We’ve been working together for many years, but we always see in Dani the same passion and dedication. His experience is very important for helping our technicians to develop our bike, and we’ll do our best to help him to demonstrate all his talent!”
Pedrosa has achieved more podium finishes for the Honda factory than any other rider, with a total of 142, including 51 victories, just three fewer than Mick Doohan’s Honda record.
Dani heads to this weekend’s Italian GP sitting fourth in the Rider’s Championship.
Dani Pedrosa Statistics
- MotoGP Starts: 171
- MotoGP Podiums: 101 (28 x 1st, 38 x 2nd, 35 x 3rd)
- MotoGP Poles: 28
- MotoGP Fastest Race Laps: 41
- Best World Championship positions: 2nd (2007, 2010, 2012), 3rd (2008, 2009, 2013)
- 250cc Starts: 32
- 250cc Podiums: 24 (15 x 1st, 8 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd)
- 250cc Poles: 9
- 250cc Fastest Race Laps: 15
- 250cc World Champion: 2004, 2005
- 125cc Starts: 46
- 125cc Podiums: 17 (8 x 1st, 4 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd)
- 125cc Poles: 9
- 125cc Fastest Race Laps: 5
- 125cc World Champion: 2003
