Ahead of the 2023 Spanish MotoGP event this weekend, Dani Pedrosa confirmed the disgrace of his teammate. He admitted that he used to get dirty treatment from Marc Marquez when both were still defending the Repsol Honda team.
During six years of sharing the Repsol Honda team's garage, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez did not have a harmonious relationship at all.
This is quite surprising because Marquez and Pedrosa both look cute in front of the camera.
The 38-year-old was very surprised by the early presence of Marquez, who had a very different character from Casey Stoner or his previous colleagues.
As a senior, Pedrosa was initially the leader in the factory Honda team.
However, it turns out that his partner wanted the position and went to any lengths to make him the leader of the flapping wing manufacturer.
There was inevitable friction, even spiced up by lying under the roof of the legendary team's garage.
"Yes, that's the truth as we've heard," said the racer-turned-driver. test rider KTM, as quoted from GridOto.com.
The eight-time world champion was even willing to lie to the technicians when trying out certain components, in order to benefit himself.
"When I tried to develop the bike, I had new components early but never thought like Marc did," said the number 26 rider.
"For me, the best thing is what you do for the team," he explains.
Pedrosa also seemed to lose the start to his partner who was better prepared to fight the hard way in the championship.
"I always think that the best components are the best for all, I don't think of colleagues as rivals, because the real rivals are Yamaha or Ducati, other manufacturers," he continued.
"For me the rivals are the other manufacturers, I always think I'm racing for brandBut he behaved differently. Before Marc joined the team, no one played like that including Stoner," he explained.
In the end, Marquez with his hard maneuvers brought success to Honda for many years.
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