“I was very motivated to compete with Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner” : Dani Pedrosa on his title fight

Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner

Dani Pedrosa always said that his rivals were the ones who motivated him the most throughout his racing career although there were two who raised the bar very high for him. These two individuals may have been the greatest source of motivation for Dani Pedrosa. Their names were Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner.

Dani Pedrosa is well known for his stint with the Repsol Honda Team in the premier class of MotoGP making him one of the most successful MotoGP riders with 31 victories and 112 podiums to his name. In recent years “The Little Samurai” aka his nickname, has raced hard with some of the best riders that MotoGP has to offer in this era which includes Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo for example.

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‘My biggest rival was Lorenzo’ : Dani Pedrosa

“There were many who followed me from a young age and saw in me that if they worked, they could make it. My biggest rival was Lorenzo, who is a little younger than me. We were feeding each other competitively and it gave me a lot of motivation to compete against him and against Stoner. But above all with Jorge I felt this need to go to the limit because he competed with a lot of desire”, Dani Pedrosa said in an interview.

The Spanish rider has been a runner-up in the premier class of the MotoGP championship three times. The first instance being in 2007 where Casey Stoner beat him. Later in 2010 and 2012, Jorge Lorenzo had the upper hand on him and won the Championship in both of those years. It is a safe bet to say that this trio of drivers pushed each other to the limit while competing with each other and were also the biggest source of motivation to perform better and push harder.

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“I was very motivated to compete with Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner” : Dani Pedrosa on his title fight

‘My biggest rival was Lorenzo’ : Dani Pedrosa

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