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title: "Pedrosa hoping to regain confidence ahead of British GP"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Connor McDonagh"
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published: "2016-08-31T08:46:21Z"
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# Pedrosa hoping to regain confidence ahead of British GP

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa is looking to rebuild his confidence after a run of difficult results has seen him finish on the podium on only two occasions.

Despite sitting in fourth place in the riders’ championship, mainly due to finishing all but one race in 2016, Pedrosa has struggled comparatively to teammate Marc Marquez, who leads the championship by 53 points.

After completing the mid-season test at Brno, Pedrosa is confident he can turn his fortunes around starting at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

“My main goal at the moment is to regain some confidence and feeling and then build upon that. The work we did during the Brno post-race test gave us a few ideas and we’ll see now if we’re able to start to find some more speed in the next races,” said Pedrosa.

“Silverstone is a challenging venue with many changes of direction that require a lot of work on the bike’s settings. Another important topic is the weather, which is often quite unpredictable, and that also makes it demanding to set up the bike, to choose tyres and so on. “The morning practices and the afternoon practice often give you different feelings,” he added.

“The track is very fast, quite winding, and it’s not easy. Once you get going though, things get better and everything gets more flowing on race day.”

Pedrosa has won the British Grand Prix in the premier class on one previous occasion, in 2006, winning ahead of Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri.