Marc Marquez admits he called Dani Pedrosa for advice before quitting Honda

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dani Pedrosa’s phone rang and he was asked his thoughts on the move that has rocked MotoGP.
Marquez wanted to seek advice from his former teaꦺmmate of six years.
"I called D🐬ani Pedrosa on Sunda🌳y in Japan,” Marquez told .
“I was in the ro♊om after the race: ‘Dani, can I call you?🌺’
“And I called him. What did ൲I ask him? No, let him tell you this if he wants.
“But yes, I call🌱ed him to him♎ because he has been at Honda for many years.

"What did he say to me? Let him tell it if he wants, I 🐬mean, let's see if he's going to get angry.
“But I called him to ask for advice rider to rider. Not ‘what shoul𝕴d I do?’ Or ‘what shouldn't I do?’ Because he is a KTM rid꧒er and worker.
“I have always𓂃 had a very good relation🎃ship with Dani, he helped me a lot.”
Marquez labelled his decision﷽ to leave Repsol Honda for Gresini Ducati for 2024 "the most difficult of my sporting career”.
He added: "When you make a decision like tha꧑t at fir൲st it's hard, but then a weight goes off your shoulders.”
Intriguingly, asking Pedrosa for advice is a window into the close bond that Marquez ಞstill retains with his ex-teammate and fe🔯llow legend.
Pedrosa is now KTM’s test rider - the manufacturer wh🌌o once seemed in pole p๊osition to land Marquez’s signature.
In a year’s time, Marquez may again be able to s💯elect the best bike as the majority of rider contracts come to their conclusion, and KTM𝔍 will inevitably hope to lure him again.
Could Pedrosa tempt him across to KTM for 2025?

James was a sports jou💞rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports,ꦓ to football, to F1.