Pedrosa/Rossi/Biaggi

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The following table shows Pedrosa's achievements after his first nine races in the premier-class with those of Rossi and Biaggi - the two riders who have made the greatest recent impact during their debut season in the top class.
Le tableau suivant montre apres 9 GP le classement de Rossi et Biaggi les 2 pilotes qui ont eu recemment un grand impact des leur premiere saison

Pedrosa, Biaggi and Rossi's first nine premier-class races:

Dani Pedrosa (2006): 2 (wins) 5 (podiums) 3 (poles) 127 (points)
Max Biaggi (1998): 1 (wins) 6 (podiums) 2 (poles) 148 (points)
Valentino Rossi (2000): 1 (wins) 4 (podiums) 0 (poles) 92 (points)



Dani Pedrosa's second victory of his debut MotoGP season, last time out at Donington Park, both establishes him as a genuine championship contender and compares very favourably with Valentino Rossi and Max Biaggi at the same stage in their careers.



As can be seen, Pedrosa has the most wins and pole positions of the trio - but is behind Biaggi in terms of both podiums and points scored.
Pedrosa a d'hors et deja plus de pole et de victoire que Rossi et biaggi leur premiere année, mais est derriere Biaggi en terme de podium et points scorés.

Biaggi went on to finish second in the 1998 500cc World Championship behind Mick Doohan, with two race wins, while Rossi also finished his debut 2000 season second in the 500cc championship standings - behind Kenny Roberts Jr - and with two races wins to his credit.
Biaggi avait fini 2eme en 98 derriere Doohan, avec 2 courses gagnés, alors que Rossi avait fini 2eme sa premiere saison derriere Roberts avec également 2 coursses gagnées.

Pedrosa is currently second in the MotoGP championship standings, 26-points behind Repsol Honda team-mate Nicky Hayden. Biaggi was also second in the championship at this stage - and just 12 points from Doohan - but Rossi was only fifth and 53 points behind Roberts, before finishing on the podium in all but one of the remaining seven races of 2000.
Pedrosa est actuellement 2eme du championnat, a 26 point de Hayden. Biaggi etait second du championnat a ce stade, juste a 12 points de Doohan, mais rossi n'etait que 5eme a 53 pts de Roberts, avant de finir sur tous les podiums sauf une courses des 7 dernieres de la saison 2000.