Brno MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa mystified by early error

Dani Pedrosa was at a loss to explain the cause of the crash that cost him the chance to notch his second MotoGP victory in the last three races in Brno yesterday.

The Spaniard had just seized the lead from compatriot Jorge Lorenzo on the third lap when he lost the front-end of his factory Honda RC212V machine.

The Repsol Honda rider was able to walkaway unscathed but he said: “It was a shame. I lost the front and I crashed, that was it. I was not even pushing so hard, I just took the lead and, well I may have tilted the bike too much, maybe the tyre was not warm enough, still I don’t know.

“The problem is that I’ve wasted an important race that we had prepared for very well. I’m sorry for the mistake. It hurts because we were well prepared and finally the race was quite slow compared to the pace we did in practice sessions, but we can’t do anything, just think towards the next one and try to get back on top.”

Pedrosa had been in brilliant form all weekend and he claimed his first pole position of the season in Saturday’s qualifying session.

For seven pages of coverage from the Brno MotoGP round, see the August 17 issue of MCN.