Biography Dani Pedrosa
Wednesday 23 November 2011 by admin
Dani Pedrosa is the eldest son of a modest family Castellar del Vallès (Barcelona). His great support he has received from his father, Antonio Pedrosa, and in particular his mother, Basilia branch, although its most enthusiastic admirer is her brother Eric, who is five years younger than Dani. Pedrosa grew up watching videos of champions Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and Michael Doohan, with his great idol Valentino Rossi, memorizing everything they did in the different circuits. In 1989, just four years, his father gave him a 50 Italjet motocross, riding two-wheeled device support. At age six he set up his first pocket bike, a miniature replica of a Kawasaki, with whom he started competing in local tests. At age ten he enrolled in the Championship of Spain of minibikes, being third in 1997 and champion the following year. Dani won with complete authority, but the lack of budget almost put paid to his promising career.
Then came the figure of former racer Alberto Puig, who had been elected technical director of a revolutionary formula for finding new talent, the Movistar Activa Joven Cup, established in January 1999 with funding from the telephone company that gives its name . Pedrosa, who had put up the cushion because they came with their feet on the ground (measured 1.58 meters and weighs only 49 kilos), and had learned in one week to shift gears on a real bike because their minibikes were Automatic, competed that year in the Movistar. It was one of three riders selected by Puig to contest the championship of Spain in 125 cc 2000, with Joan Olive and Raul Jara, a friend of Pedrosa. Four pole positions in six races and fourth in the final standings were enough to include it in the Puig Telefonica Movistar Honda team to dispute the 125 cc World in 2001.
In the World
In 2001, just fifteen years (the youngest driver in history to play a World Cup), stunned friends and strangers for their determination and courage. In a season of shooting, scored his first podium in Valencia (finished third), after an epic race in which he competed against the best in the category. But his quest did not end there, because in Japan rose again on the podium in the same step and finished eighth in the world, being chosen the "Best Rookie" of the season.
In 2001, just fifteen years (the youngest driver in history to play a World Cup), stunned friends and strangers for their determination and courage. In a season of shooting, scored his first podium in Valencia (finished third), after an epic race in which he competed against the best in the category. But his quest did not end there, because in Japan rose again on the podium in the same step and finished eighth in the world, being chosen the "Best Rookie" of the season.
In 2002 he continued his apprenticeship, but made it clear that it would be the first champion of change and that this was a pilot with innate qualities unusual. Despite its proverbial humility, would not settle for being second. In this regard said Puig, his manager: "It's like a sponge. You talk, you listen, process, and then act. " That year he and his first spectacular victory at the Dutch circuit of Assen, and reissued at Valencia (Valencia). He concluded the season with a wealth of nine podium finishes, six pole positions and third place in the World.
In 2003 touched the sky and descended into hell. After a solid campaign, in which only twice finished behind the sixth position (plus an unfinished career and two of the sixteen undisputed World Cup) in the Malaysian Grand Prix capped off his five wins and one second place, winning his first world title in 125 cc, with a Honda. Only the experienced Italian Stefano Perugini got in trouble for that kid who became the earliest Spanish champion to be crowned, with 18 and 13 days, and the second in history after Italy's Loris Capirossi, winner in 1999 the same engine with 17 years and 165 days. On the podium "cried like a baby," as his mother in a famous television commercial in which his son was involved with.
With little time to celebrate the title, came six days after the unexpected, and so secure a pilot, which achieves perfect harmony with his bike as if it were a piece. In the eighth round of free practice on Phillip Island circuit in Australia, the penultimate Grand Prix Championship, when he went to 170 kilometers per hour, instead of "negotiate" the curve (as they say in the jargon) and go right , went to the left, hitting the two front feet against the wall of protection that was too close (the same year changed the distance). The impact broke both ankles and the talus of the left leg.
Doctors advised him to operate in Cowes, the nearest town and important, because if it was moved to Spain could suffer necrosis. But the X-ray machine was not working, and finally was taken to Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where he put two screws in the right medial malleolus and four on the left, because the talus is a bone moist and tender, full of cavities which blood flows. The naysayers said would never walk normally, let alone run, but will not know the strength of Dani.
After spending a week in the ICU in Melbourne returned to Spain. Ahead, five weeks of immobilization and four months of rehabilitation and physical training, which took place at the Residencia Blume High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat (Barcelona), with sessions of eight hours, supervised by their coach, Daniel Sune. Overcoming this predicament further strengthened his natural strength of will.
No one believe what we saw in Valencia: shortly before the 2004 season, Pedrosa got a bike again, this time a 250, to see what feelings I had. It was to start from zero, and also with a capacity in excess. He made some incredible times. Moreover, in a very risky bet, challenged the mark by taking the decision to run with the chassis 2003, ignoring the work that the Japanese engineers had carried out after six months of experiments. Dani adapted the Honda RSW 250 to your taste and instinct.
With that confidence test on the Ricardo Tormo circuit was presented to the first race in South Africa, to become familiar with the bike and its new competitors. Not only out of the front row, but also won the race, becoming the youngest debutant of 250 to be awarded a Grand Prix. From then until the end amounted to twelve podiums and only fourteen races ranked in Jerez stopped by a fall in the flood. With his fourth place at Phillip Island, where nearly a year before had cut short his career, he became the youngest driver to win two titles in two different displacements, something which had not gained the Italian Carlo in 1959 and 1960 Ubbiali.
With the title in 2004, the Spanish motorcycling (living one of its best years since 1999, when they beat Emilio Alzamora in 125 cubic centimeters and Alex Criville in 500) and 27 world titles added. According to experts, Pedrosa pilot project the image of the future, only that if he continued his progression, would be able to match records of Valentino Rossi, who, even before the Spanish champion was crowned, openly proclaimed: " Dani, you're a fuori series. "
The 2005 season marked the confirmation of his reign in the quarter-liter. Pedrosa again crowned champion of the final two races of the season, beating Casey Stoner to a sometimes troubled Spanish driver, but in the end was no match for him. Pedrosa started winning at the Grand Prix of Spain, which presaged a great season. However, the following two events resulted in a very poor fourth and sixth positions, which appeared to be a symptom of a more competitive title.
However, Pedrosa strung four straight wins and a second place in Japan, which placed him in a great position to win the title. In Malaysia failed, to leave the ground, and Stoner took the opportunity to close in the standings after crossing the finish line first. In Qatar, Stoner won again, and Pedrosa could only manage fourth. So, promising a very tight final in the last three awards, with the Australian Pedrosa only twenty points. However, an exhibition of Pedrosa and Stoner unwelcome drop in the circuit of Australia joined a distance of more than fifty points between them, enough for Spanish to be done with the title. A second more in Turkey was the prelude to the farewell to the champion in the Grand Prix of Valencia, where once again proved its huge class to cross the finish line first.
In 2006, after winning his third World Championship, Pedrosa decided to debut in MotoGP, the pinnacle, at the hands of the best team in the last decade, the Repsol Honda Team. This was assisted by Alberto Puig, who planned the change of category wisely and work focused on learning and adapting to the big differences between a Moto GP about a 250 cc.
The hard training undertaken and the progress in training resulted in a magnificent debut in the category, for which he was crowned Rookie of the Year after winning two wins, six podiums and fifth in the championship final. In his first race in Jerez managed to finish in second place behind Loris Capirossi. The following tests were ups and downs, but in the Grand Prix of China finally was able to secure the victory, joined on the podium of his teammate Nicky Hayden, who later would become the World Champion title, while Repsol Honda team won the constructors' title and Pedrosa the "Rookie" of the year. A season full of successes for the team
In 2007, Pedrosa faced the season in order to take a further step in its progression. Hinda renewed with Repsol HRC team and reached the second place in the Moto GP world championship behind Casey Stoner, and even managed to beat Rossi in the final Grand Prix in Valencia. After this world runner-up, it seems clear that only Stoner and Pedrosa have a chance to dethrone the immediate future for now unbeatable Valentino Rossi, who became in 2008 with his sixth world title in the maximum displacement.
Like most girls her age, loves the PlayStation, pop-rock, film and literature of adventure. His favorite movie is The Rock, and among the stars of cinema opts for Eddie Murphy and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Apart from the bike, is a passionate practitioner of cycling and surfing. When leaving the professional motorcycle intends to pull out the title of pilot. That will be after the driver's license, oddly enough, at the time of 250-proclaimed champion did not even have the motorcycle license because the accident prevented him examined at the age of eighteen
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