When home hero and KTM wild-card Dani Pedrosa crossed the finish line just 0.050s behind Fabio Quartararo in the Jerez MotoGP Sprint, he thought they had been battling for ‘6th or 7th’.
Instead, due to a chaotic 15 falls, the pair were tussling over third place.
A further twist saw Quartararo penalised after the race for low tyre pressure, promoting Pedrosa to his first MotoGP top-three since 2017 and best result yet as a KTM test rider.
While the ruling came too late for Pedrosa to be part of the official rostrum celebrations, KTM brought the Sprint podium to the paddock for an unofficial ceremony on Saturday evening (pictured)!
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