Dani Pedrosa has tipped Jorge Martin to become a first-time MotoGP champion after backing Ducati’s dominance
Four different riders from four different teams have won the title in the past four years - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez in 2019 (Honda), Joan Mir in 2020 (Suzuki), 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo i💯n 2021 (Yamaha) and Frances♛co Bagnaia in 2022 (Ducati).
The most recent three were all first-time champions, and Pedrosa is ba🎃cking that trend to continue.
“The easiest thing would be to choose one of the Ducati rideꦗrs, because at the moment it is the most stable bike on all types of 💎circuits,” he told DAZN. “The one with the best performance that can go fastest.
“If I have toꦕ name names, from w♒hat I saw in Malaysia, one of the best riders was Jorge Martin.
“Pecco is the champion and will try to defend his title. Last year he won after making many mistakes, something that had never been seenꦡ before, so he just🐼 needs to stop making mistakes to do better.
“Then there is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini who is very determined to prove his value. Having the champion next to him will motiva🐽te him.
“These three feel very strong.
“I can’t tell you if this year’s Ducati is better or not than l📖ast year’s, but what is clear is that at the moment they are superior, at lea💃st that’s what they showed in the first test in Sepang.
“I was on track watching and they looked very solid in all of t൲he corners and every part🅺 of the track. They seemed to be very comfortable.”
The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP calendar features a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP Sprint race at every round, a major new scheduling feature which might play havoc with the championship race ♔as the riders get to grips with it.
KTM test rider Pedrosa, the most successful MotoGP rider ever to not win the title, said: “There are many races in which you can fall 🐽or get injured. Many things can happen and, maybe after five races, you are no longer fighting for the title.
“If you lose a race to injury, it is no longer just one. It is two. If they are consecutive, you can lo🦄se up to four or six, losing many points.”
Pedrosa believes that the preseason Sepang test, and the upcoming Portimao test, will not rev♉eal the se﷽ason’s early leaders.
“I think 🦩there could be changes of position,” he said. “The order in which they finished the last test, or could finish the next test, may be different in the first, 🐭second or third race.
“Some riders feel more comfortable in a race weekend than a test weekend💟. Others always𒊎 do well in testing, but in the race, with the atmosphere or the pressure, they don’t know how to get good laps and the order changes.
“The important thing is that, between first and 20th there were eight or nine tenths. So with a small﷽ mistake or a bad day, you can finish very low.”
James was a sports journalis👍t at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
