After nearly two decades racing Hondas at the top of the two-wheeler racing game, the Spaniard Dani Pedrosa finally called it a career in 2018. When he officially left the sport, he was signed on as a KTM test athlete and performed an exclusive event. best in 2021 to race for the orange teammate, and scored. I think Pedrosa realized at the time that he was still making game mistakes, but maybe his time is The motorcycle was actually behind him. So why not try some competitions on four wheels?
FFF Racing is a Chinese team based in Sant’Agata Bolognese operating a three-car fleet for Lamborghini’s 2022 season European Super Trofeo Series. This year, one of those three cars will be joined by the pair of drivers of Pedrosa and Swiss driver Antonin Borga. Borga himself has extensive experience in motorsport racing in various endurance racing series, including Le Mans Europe and the FIA WEC, in both prototype and GT cars.
The pair will hit the track together for the first time this week at Imola for the pre-season test. The season kicks off in earnest Friday with doubles headers at Imola, where Pedrosa and Borga will share the car in the Pro-Am class. The season continues at Misano the first weekend of July, then ends in Portimao from October 31 to November 6.
“I am excited to start this new adventure with Lamborghini and Team FFF,” said Pedrosa. “This is my first experience on 4 wheels and although I still have a lot to learn, I feel very excited. I can’t wait to learn all the tricks of the trade and start at my best. Hope is obviously for fun! ”
“We are delighted that Dani has decided to start a new career in four-wheeled vehicles with our team and with Lamborghini,” admits Group Director Giorgio Ferro. “His professional and competitive approach will no doubt allow him to face this new challenge in the best possible way, aided by expert Antonin and aided by the advice of Vitantonio Liuzzi as a consultant. How to be a coach. It will be wonderful to join our partners in sharing this new chapter in his sporting life. We welcome Dani and Antonin into the Orange1 FFF Racing family, it is certain that we will live a great season together”
Pedrosa is also not the first successful MotoGP racer to make the competition go to four wheels. Sure we saw Valentino Rossi equal some of his motorsport experience during this year’s DTM trip. You may remember Andrea Dovizioso spending some time racing in Super Trofeo and DTM. Some skills from MotoGP can be transferred to turn a racer into a great racer. Let’s see if Dani has a four-wheel switch that he can flip in his head.
