IN
THE
WIND
P38
PEDROSA RE-SIGNS
WITH HRC, VINALES
GOING TO YAMAHA.
D
ani Pedrosa will stay with the Repsol Honda
team for the next two seasons, ending specu-
lation the career-long Honda rider would jump
ship to partner Valentino Rossi at Movistar Ya-
maha. The move will be confirmed at this week's
Italian MotoGP.
"I'm very happy to be able to announce my
renewal with the Repsol Honda Team," Pedrosa
said. "I'm very grateful to Honda for the trust
they've shown in renewing with me for an addi-
tional two years. I think it's best for me to continue
with the company I was with at my very first race.
I'm happy that the negotiations have been quick,
and now I can just focus on racing. I want to give
100% this weekend at the Italian GP."
Meanwhile, it has widely been reported that
Maverick Vinales will now partner Rossi at Yamaha
after the Spaniard reportedly made his decision
to switch from Suzuki at last week's French MotoGP.
An announcement is expected at the Italian
MotoGP. This leaves the door open for Andrea
Iannone to leave the factory Ducati team and
switch to Suzuki, a move that would see incum-
bent Aleix Espargaro stay on the second Suzuki
for the next two seasons. CN
NO WINGS IN
MOTO3
T
he Grand Prix Commis-
sion has banned the use
of winglets in the Moto3 class,
effective immediately. The ban
will also come into force for the
Moto2 class in 2017. The wings
have caused much contro-
versy in MotoGP, cited as being
rather ugly and dangerous by
disrupting airflow behind a rider
and making drafting difficult.
Mahindra had earlier homolo-
gated a new fairing for all its
riders in Moto3 with winglets,
however, these will now be
deemed illegal from this week's
Italian MotoGP onwards. CN
Mahindra will be needing some new fairings now that
winglets are banned in Moto3.
The more things
change, the more
they stay the same.
Pedrosa's not
going anywhere.
