Australian Casey Stoner, MotoGP champion brand, believes that his partner in the Repsol Honda Team Dani Pedrosa, "need to be a little stronger at certain times", although considered to have "talent and quality" to "someday" crown MotoGP champion.
"Dani (Pedrosa) has enough talent and quality to one day win the MotoGP World Championship. It is a very fast driver, but perhaps need to be a little stronger at certain times, especially when things do not go as well as I wanted to. If you have a season in which everything goes well, of course you can get, "he said in an interview published by the magazine 'FHM' which includes Europe Press.
The Australian did not hesitate to describe as "very strong" to Jorge Lorenzo, who has been his great rival this course. "Do not give up easily. Came to have won the last championship with a very good bike, such as the Yamaha, which he knows perfectly. It is a very complete driver, every race that always gives one hundred percent, what makes it a very difficult opponent to beat, "he said.
As for the young Marc Marquez (Suter), 125cc world champion, is convinced that it is "special" and is pleased to have a "great relationship" with the ilerdense, enrolled in Moto2.
"It's the strongest and fastest of the category, and win or not win the championship will be shown what it can do. In the first race and scored fell, another would have collapsed, but he did not, and has fought for the title. is the number one in its displacement class. He's very talented and a fast learner: when climbing to fight for the MotoGP World, "says the double world champion.
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On the other hand, his relationship with Valentino Rossi (Ducati) is more strained. "At the beginning of the season, when the results were not good, we attacked Lorenzo Valentino and me, trying to create controversy. But when I responded with victories and had nothing more to say and stopped. Now everything is more peaceful, we are focused in racing and less talking. To me, this is the real sport, not to create tensions, "he confessed.
On the future of trans-pilot, Stoner said: "I do not know if Valentino is thinking of withdrawing. It is clear that is not comfortable in the situation where it is. When he signed for Ducati bike was thought to be more competitive and now he has realized what it really is. Yamaha did not stop having a good relationship, not Honda. I do not fit many more options, so you have a complicated return the bike to be happy. We'll see what able to do in the future. "
As the conversion of the displacements to be held next year, the Honda Pilot is optimistic. "The 1000cc Honda is going to come better for my riding style. I will be more powerful and easy to understand her. It will be a fun and exciting category," he said.
Source: Europa Press
