KOMPAS.com - Dani Pedrosa reject the notion that the Repsol Honda team performance during pre-season test at Sepang, indicating that they became the top. According to the Spanish rider, great challenges are still waiting for them.
Indeed, Pedrosa and his team mate, Casey Stoner, appeared very consistent during the two pre-season test in Malaysia, in February last. No wonder if Honda is favored to become the world champion in 2011, which became last season's 800cc engine era.
But Pedrosa, who will enter sixth season with Honda's factory MotoGP level, do not think so. According to him, RC212V has advantages in some parts, but its rivals also have advantages in other parts.
"No," said Pedrosa, when asked if Repsol Honda one step ahead of its competitors. "I think, now the motor reaction is better, but I do not think that we have too much in front.
"Previously, we have seen that we are nice and fast bike, but what is important in the competition is not what happens in one circuit, but in many circuits. In some areas, our motors better and in some other areas, other motor more well. In the end, I think, overall balance is important. "
However, Pedrosa believes Honda already has a better base than in previous years, where he always failed to become champion of the world - including an injury that forced him to not be displayed fully last season.
"I faced a difficult pre-season in recent years, caused by a motor, injury, and others. However, in winter we can prepare the motor better, so we do not face many problems. There is one more test , but we hope everything will be okay and we could start the season well.
"I was also in good condition. My shoulders are not problematic as before, but I hope to feel good in the first series. I've spent a lot of laps this winter, but I do not travel the entire distance races."
