Dani Pedrosa was unable to stem the dominance of Casey Stoner on Aragon GP qualifying session on Saturday (09.17.11). Nevertheless, Repsol Honda rider was still optimistic that could compete with the teammate during the race tomorrow, with a note when setting a good bike.
"Of course I'll try. I think he's very nice here. He did a great job"
- Dani Pedrosa
Indeed, Stoner is too dominant in qualifying at the Circuit Motorland Aragon. This 2007 world champion clocked one minute 48.451 second best, 0.296 seconds ahead of Pedrosa.
But Pedrosa was able to offset the speed of the leader of the standings. Is the result of the first free practice on Friday, which makes this optimistic Spaniard, since which time he was the fastest, while Stoner in third position.
"Of course I'll try. I think he's very nice here. He did a great job," said Pedrosa, answering the question whether he could beat Stoner during the race on Sunday.
Pedrosa admits he still needs to be set-best before the race. Because, with it (setting a good thing) he will give the resistance balanced competing for victory on the 14th of this series.
"We're trying to set a bike with better, although we still have some problems," explained Pedrosa.
"I hope we can find a good setting or some improvements for tomorrow, and can get a better sense anymore, so we were able to increase the speed and lap time record. Thus, we could be closer to her. We will strive to make it happen tomorrow. "
Motorland Aragon is a circuit that holds good memories for Stoner, who had seized seven wins during the 2011 season. Because, when he was with Ducati, Stoner also won a new victory in the circuit made his debut in the MotoGP arena last season.
