Dani Pedrosa was left despondent after a difficult opening day of practice for the Dutch TT at Assen, the Spaniard complaining of a lack of feeling aboard his works Honda bike. The 30-year-old finished the second practice session in 11th place, 0.615s behind pacesetter Andrea Iannone, having struggled to 13th in the opening session. And with rain predicted for Saturday, Pedrosa faces having to fight his way through Q1 if the conditions mean there are no changes to the order in FP3. “Today, no positives,” said Pedrosa. “No feeling on the bike, no laptime, no improvement from first to second [practice], or any run with different tyres. “I don’t know why, today I could not go full...
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