Interview with the Repsol ridersource: moto.racing-live.comAfter testing in Malaysia, Australia and then again in Malaysia, Dani and his team, the Repsol Honda Team, have been this weekend in Barcelona at the first official MotoGP tests of the 2006 season.
The significant weather changes, with cold temperatures and an intense rain shower on Sunday, were not enough to hinder Dani and his team from progressing in the MotoGP class.
Dani, the bad weather spoiled your premiere at home a bit, didn't it?
Dani Pedrosa : "Yes, it's been cold and the tyres didn't get warm enough, and that hindered the bike from having the right reactions, but it's been a further experience we were missing and it's been good for the next races, because the conditions are going to be very similar, except in Qatar."
And on Sunday, the rain finally ruined the Barcelona tests...
DP : "It was a shame because on Sunday we were hoping to test things we had deeply analysed the day before, but it rained... I actually didn't want to get onto the track under these conditions, very dangerous due to the low temperatures. But in the end I did with twenty minutes left and I made only a few laps because I had not planned to enter the fight for the car. I hope that things work out better in Jerez this week and that we'll be able to test a few things that are pending, because this will be the last test before the first race."
DP : "You're right! I don't know what is happening but there is no way to do it, I guess that if we can, we will have to do it the first day in Jerez, or else I'm afraid I won't be able to do it until the first race."
Are you curious to do the simulation, to know where you are?
DP : "More than curious, I'm looking forward to doing it to gather experience, to know what I feel at the end, both physically and on the bike, and to see if my pace drops too much as the laps go by, due to the tyres or my physical shape..."