Rennie Scaysbrook | June 5, 2018
Dani Pedrosa and Repsol Honda to Part Company—Dani Pedrosa and the Repsol Honda team will end their collaboration at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season.
Dani Pedrosa and Repsol Honda to Part Company
Pedrosa will be out of Repsol Honda, having ridden only for them since starting in MotoGP back in 2006.
Pedrosa has raced for Repsol Honda since his rookie year in the MotoGP World Championship of 2006. He has finished runner-up in the title chase three times and scored 31 race victories.
Pedrosa also captured one 125cc and two 250cc World Championship victories with HRC before entering MotoGP.
“I want to thank HRC for all these years of great success,” said Pedrosa in a statement. “I have grown not only as a rider but also as a person with them, and I will always have HRC in my memories and in my heart. In life, we all need new challenges and I feel it’s time for a change. Thanks, HRC.”
HRC marked the occasion with a comment from their President, Yoshishige Nomura, who is not normally quoted in press releases, such is the esteem in which Honda holds Pedrosa.
“Today is a sad day for me,” Nomura said. “On behalf of HRC, I want to thank Dani for all his hard and successful work. And to express our gratitude for these two decades together. We also wish him the very best of luck and success. Thanks, Dani.”
At this stage, it is unclear if Pedrosa will continue in MotoGP or retire.
“After announcing that my relationship with HRC will be over at the end of the season, I’d like to affirm that I will be providing more information about my future at the Catalan GP,” said Pedrosa. “Once again, I’d like to express my deep thanks to HRC for all these years of personal and professional success with them, and for having always respected my priorities and decisions.
“We have both gained a lot from one of the most fruitful working relationships in the MotoGP paddock.”
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