Dani Pedrosa biography

Dani Pedrosa

Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa born on September 29th, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain, is an outstanding Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He holds the distinction of being the youngest ever double world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grand Prix events winning back to back in 2003 and 2004. Daniel Pedrosa fondly known as "Dani" first jumped on his little motorbike Italjet 50 with side-wheels at the age of four. Eleven-year-old Dani made his racing debut in 1996 Spanish Minibike Championship and finished second position in the debut season. Due to lack of funds, his racing career was just about to end as quickly as it began. Thanks both to Movistar, a telecommunications company and former Grand Prix racing hero Alberto Puig, whose search for fresh racing talent in Spain ended in picking up this wonderful racer from hundreds of wannabes. Demonstrating his racing talents in 2000 Spanish Championship, Dani Pedrosa finished fourth overall, which ultimately won him a racing seat in 125cc World Championship in 2001. Making his World Championship debut in 125cc category in 2001, sixteen-year old Dani finished 8th in championship positions scoring 100 points. The following year he drastically improved his performance and finished 3rd scoring 243 points. Still doing better Dani Pedrosa in 2003 clinched the world championship title in 125cc category. A week after the championship, elated Pedrosa crashed during practice season and broke both his ankles. Undeterred by the mishap Pedrosa entered the 250cc class championship in 2004. Without any practice or proper tests, Pedrosa racing brilliantly in the 2004 Championship event won the 250cc World Championship title in a stunning manner. He thus became the youngest champion ever to win the championship titles back to back in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 season Pedrosa again suffered a shoulder injury during practice session. Despite that he won 8 races and finished with 14 podium positions. He then moved to the prestigious 990cc MotoGP event in 2006 riding for Honda. He finished 5th overall in his debut MotoGP season. In his 2007 MotoGP season Pedrosa will ride the Honda RC212V, the 800cc bike which he has already test-drove. http://www.dani-pedrosa.info/