Dani Pedrosa<\/a> and Jorge Lorenzo, though was still able to beat all of them head-to-head in title battles.<\/p>\nPedrosa, who raced in MotoGP with Honda between 2006 and 2018 before retiring, says he \u201cwasn\u2019t as calm\u201d overtaking Rossi as he was with others.<\/p>\n
He also notes that Rossi was able to get in his head off-track, with the MotoGP legend famed for his ability to use the media to his advantage against his rivals.<\/p>\n
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\u201cValentino Rossi has done an extraordinary thing for our sport,\u201d Pedrosa, now a KTM test rider, said on Andrea Migno\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was with him on the track, especially in the early years, and I had to overtake him, I wasn’t as calm as with the others.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s just say he had an aura that not many others had.<\/p>\n
\u201cRossi could beat you on the track, but sometimes he didn’t need to do it there, he could beat you off it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of my character, I suffered a bit with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Pedrosa\u2019s biggest rivalry in MotoGP came against Jorge Lorenzo, with the bitterness between the pair to such a degree that the king of Spain had to force them to shake hands after a tough battle at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2008.<\/p>\n
On his time against the three-time MotoGP champion, 31-time race winner Pedrosa said: \u201cWith Jorge it was a different story, because our rivalry went back years.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had that tremendous quality in cornering, and also in braking.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd over the years he improved a lot. He struggled with the start, and he focused on improving it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, on going better on the first lap of races; then, on riding in the rain.\u201d<\/p>\n
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