Dani Pedrosa looks for consistency during vital spell

Dani Pedrosa reckons consistency will be the key as the MotoGP world championship gets ready to embark on a gruelling schedule of five races in the next six weeks.

Pedrosa travels to Silverstone this weekend for the British MotoGP clash firmly back in the pemier class title hunt after notching his first win of a troubled 2010 campaign in Mugello earlier this month.

The Repsol Honda rider is only 25-points adrift of compatriot Jorge Lorenzo heading into a crucial phase of the season with Silverstone immediately followed by Assen and Catalunya.

The Sachsenring and Laguna Seca clashes follow prior to the end of July and Pedrosa said: “We will have three races in a row now – Britain, Holland and Catalunya – and it will be very important not to make mistakes and to maintain consistency in the results.”

The 24-year-old though arrives at Silverstone this weekend brimming with confidence after his first ever Italian MotoGP success.

The triple world champion dominated the Mugello race from start-to-finish and added: “We arrive at Silverstone in good shape after the victory in Mugello. We had a very good weekend in Italy and myself and the team need to make the most of it to maintain this momentum.

“I cannot say much about Silverstone. I’ve seen some races on video from the past to check the circuit a little bit, but they have made some changes and I think the layout is also a bit different compared to Formula One, so we will need to find out for ourselves.

“From what I’ve seen I can say it’s a fast circuit, high speed overall, with many right-hand corners which are taken with the throttle open. It looks like an old-fashioned circuit, maybe comparable to Assen before they shortened it.

“We will start on Friday without prior knowledge, but it’s the same for everyone so I hope we can adapt as quickly as possible to prepare for the race.”

Meanwhile team-mate Andrea Dovizioso will be concentrating on extending his positive start to the season.

The Italian has been on the podium at three of the opening four races and he will be hoping for a repeat of his last race on British shores.

Dovizioso won a rain-hit 2009 British GP at Donington Park and he said: “I’m really excited to go to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix.

“We used to race at Donington Park, which was a track that I really liked and where only myself and Valentino (Rossi) had won in all the Grand Prix classes – 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP. But despite this I’m very much looking forward to Silverstone.

“It’s a new track for everyone and we have no previous reference data for the circuit, which gives us one more challenge for the race weekend.

“From the layout, it seems a very fast track and this could be favourable for our RC212V, but we will have to wait and see first hand to get a true idea of how we’re going to perform.

“We arrive at this race in very good shape, with three podiums from four races, and we’re feeling especially good after the podium at Mugello – my home race – because this was really significant for me.

“Now we have to take another step forward because on Sunday I want to fight for the win.”