MotoGP news

Pedrosa halted by radiator problem

The formation continued at Misano on Friday as Dani Pedrosa finished third to Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo in first practice ahead of Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix. Despite being in the top three and ahead of his team-mate, though, Spaniard Pedrosa wound up over seven tenths of a second slower than Rossi.

With the worrying gap proving that Yamaha are favourites for victory in Italy, Barcelona's Pedrosa has his own target of overhauling the absent Casey Stoner for third in the championship before the Australian's return in Portugal next time out.

"My pace was quite good during this first session and I'm sure there's still more to come tomorrow," a positive Dani commented. "We spent some time testing the Bridgestone tyre options and working on general setup today and I'm reasonably happy with how it went for most of the session.

"It was very hot out there and I think the temperature is due to fall later in the weekend so we'll have to be prepared to adapt our settings for that. We can improve further, I think, because on my last run out we had a small problem with the radiator cap which broke and spilt some water on my hands, so I lost the final run and wasn't able to improve my lap time at the end of the session."

more news

• 24 Nov.
  • Podium for Rossi in sports car race
  • Surgery successful for de Puniet
• 20 Nov.
  • Rossi and Newey to contest endurance race
• 18 Nov.
  • Lorenzo recovering after operation
  • Dovizioso: Progress being made
  • Finland expands television deal
• 17 Nov.
  • 2010 Czech GP brought forward
• 13 Nov.
  • Bulgarian Grands Prix now in doubt
• 11 Nov.
  • Photos: Wednesday in Valencia
  • Pedrosa: One thing at a time
  • Valencia Day 3: Stoner back at front
  • Scot Racing pulls out of championship
• 10 Nov.
  • Valencia Day 2: Lorenzo goes quickest
  • Photos: Tuesday in Valencia
  • Provisional 2010 calendar released
• 09 Nov.
  • Photos: Monday in Valencia
  • Valencia Day 1: Stoner on top
  • Champions pick up 2009 trophies
• 08 Nov.
  • Frustrating end of the season for Stoner
  • Pedrosa enjoys home victory
  • Small mistake dropped Lorenzo to third
  • Maximum result for Rossi at Valencia
  • Photos: Sunday in Valencia
  • Pedrosa dominates in Valencia
• 07 Nov.
  • Rossi struggles at Valencia
  • Lorenzo enjoys 16th front row of the season
  • Stoner confident at Valencia
  • Unbeatable Stoner grabs pole position at Valencia
  • Photos: Saturday in Valencia
  • Stoner also fastest in second practice Valencia
• 06 Nov.
  • Gusts affecting bike performance, says Pedrosa
  • Photos: Friday in Valencia
  • Rossi: Quite a lot of work to do
  • Lorenzo searching for home victory
  • Stoner leads Friday practice in Valencia
• 05 Nov.
  • Suppo to leave Ducati
  • Valencia extends contract to 2016
• 04 Nov.
  • Spies reveals special Valencia livery
• 03 Nov.
  • Canepa to miss season final in Valencia
  • Rossi: Now we can enjoy ourselves

Homepage