The Honda MotoGP factory could continue to retire Dani Pedrosa as a test driver – MotoGP

Honda is ready to keep Dani Pedrosa in his squad next season as a test driver after retiring in MotoGP at the end of 2018. [19659004] Pedrosa announced on Thursday at Sachsenring that the 2018 campaign will be his last in Grand Prix race after losing his Honda factory headquarters to Jorge Lorenzo for "19.

The Honda rider was weighed to accept or not an offer to join the new Yamaha SIC satellite before finally opting for a high-profile career that began in 2006.

Pedrosa said that he hoped to continue working in the MotoGP paddock to a certain extent, with a test driver role for the 250cc double champion (now Moto2) and 31 times winner of the queen class race.

But the boss of the Honda team, Alberto Puig, said that any decision to stay in the Honda camp belongs solely to Pedrosa himself

"We were talking about history, it's always interesting [to read] about it, "said Puig when Autosport asked him if Pedrosa could stay as a test pilot.

" For that, he knows the opinion of Honda.In case he would like to continue testing, what we really do not know yet, because that is his life, it will be his decision.It is his to do so. "

Pedrosa, who has driven only Honda machines since his debut in 125cc (now Moto3) in 2001, said he would need time to wonder if a rider Trial was the right choice. 19659004] "For the moment, I do not know what I will do, because already the decision to change the lifestyle is already important," he said when Puig's comments were addressed to him

. I have known people for a long time, and they know me and how I work. It will also be important in a different way to continue working in the sport that I love.

"But right now I do not know, I need some time [to decide]."