Dani Pedrosa on Jorge Lorenzo feud: “I made mistakes - uncomfortable memories”

Pedrosa will roll back the years this weekend when he makes a wildcard appearance for KTM at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Spanish MotoGP, his home race and the scen⭕e of an iconic moment 15 ܫyears ago.
King Juan Carlos of Spain played peacemaker at Jerez in 2008, forcibly making heated rivals Pedrosa and Lorenzo shake hands, altho🌟ugh it wasn’t to end the animosity immediately.
“I🗹t was an important point, after what happened, everyone🌃 was talking about it,” Pedrosa told as he prepares to race in MotoGP again.
“He and I continued with that personal tension, itꦗ was not natural for us to t𒆙alk, share opinions or like each other.
“Eac♑h had an opposite character to the other, that's wಞhat made the clash stronger.
“Over time thꦑat moment helped, mutual respect grew and th𒁏e type of relationship changed.”

Pedrosa🔜 and Lorenzo’s feud began in lower classes but continued ♛into MotoGP.
It piqued in Germany in 2005 when a clash left Lorenzo in thܫe gravel.
In their later years, there began to be𒉰 rays of light and, today, they are c🌼olleagues as MotoGP commentators and pundits in Spain.
Pedrosa will swap the microphone fo♌r the lea♛thers in Jerez this weekend, with Lorenzo remaining in his commentary role.
“[Looking back], I have good memories,” Pedrosa s𓆉aid ab𓃲out their on-track rivalry.
“In the moment, tense, unc🐲omfortable memories.
“We were fighting, there was friction, statements, tension on the track, if you beat or be💜at him, for🎃 both of us to lose was very bad.
“They are not good memories, but in tꦍhe past they are good because we pushed each other in such a way that that caused us to raise our level to a point where we were left only him and me, the others were a clear step behind.”
Pedrosa was asked if, now aged 37🐬 and with hindsight, he would still act the same way towards Lorenzo.
“I made mistakes, mista♏kes, that I would have liked not to make,” he said.
“They are part of learning, of knowing yourself better and things are also changing, you🐟 learn as you go.
“Obviously, if I could, I would have done different things, but most of them I wouldnౠ't.”

James was a sports journa📖list at Sky Sports for a decadeﷺ covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.