Dani Pedrosa negates the idea of Honda gaining advantage from less engines rule – MotoGP news
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa negates the common impression that Honda will gain an advantage over other MotoGP teams following FIM's decision to reduce the number
of engines available each season from 6 to 5.
“People have been saying that since the engine rule was introduced but I don't think it is a big factor,” the MotoGP title runner-up said told Crash.net.
To support his claim, Pedrosa quoted the example of the reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo.
“The last two years Jorge Lorenzo broke one engine in each year: One time in Germany and one time in Assen, so he was running with 5 and a half engines for the
season let's say. So, it is more about if you crash twice and you break an engine each time,” Pedrosa said.
When Pedrosa was asked that whether the new rule would have an effect on top speeds in the upcoming MotoGP season or not, the Spaniards reply was an uncertain ‘No’.
“From the engine performance we have seen here, I would say no. But at the end of the life of the engine, they run a little slower,” Pedrosa said.
Ducati rider Nicky Hayden had similar views about FIM’s decision. He claimed that the new rule will not make much of a difference unless a rider lost a relatively
‘new’ engine due to a crash.
Repsol Honda will be doing engine durability tests in the second official MotoGP test scheduled to start in about a couple of weeks at Sepang. It is expected that
other MotoGP teams will follow with similar tests as well.
With the 2013 season less than a couple of months away from its start, all MotoGP teams, especially the factory teams will leave no stone unturned to cover every
aspect of the changes they will be facing in the upcoming MotoGP season. From Pedrosa’s perspective, 2013 is a critically important season considering the fact that it will be his 8th MotoGP season riding for Honda. Quite surprisingly, Pedrosa has not claimed
even a single MotoGP crown during eight years of his MotoGP career.
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