Cartoon: Pedrosa's new RCV.
125 and double 250cc world champion Dani Pedrosa makes his much anticipated debut as a Repsol Honda MotoGP rider today at Valencia, when the diminutive Spaniard takes part in the opening day of the first post-2005 season test.
Dani is without doubt incredibly talented, but the biggest concern for his MotoGP success comes from whether the 20-year-old has the physical size and strength - at just 158cm tall and 47kg in weight - to muscle around a 240+ horsepower, 990cc four-stroke prototype.
125 and double 250cc world champion Dani Pedrosa makes his much anticipated debut as a Repsol Honda MotoGP rider today at Valencia, when the diminutive Spaniard takes part in the opening day of the first post-2005 season test.
Dani is without doubt incredibly talented, but the biggest concern for his MotoGP success comes from whether the 20-year-old has the physical size and strength - at just 158cm tall and 47kg in weight - to muscle around a 240+ horsepower, 990cc four-stroke prototype.
Because of this, there have been rumours that Honda might build a special compact bike for Pedrosa - in the form of one of the new-for-2007 800cc machines - but it now looks likely that Dani will ride the same kind of V5 as the other Honda riders in 2006.
However, as illustrated, that doesn't exclude the possibility of HRC producing some kind of other 'special modifications' for their new star rider...
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
