WHO WORKS WITH DANI PEDROSA

Team Manager:                    ALBERTO PUIG

Chief Mechanic:                   MIKE LEITNER

Telemetry Engineer:            JOSÉ MANUEL ALLENDE

Mechanics:                           FABRIZZIO BRUTTI

                                               JORDI PRADES

                                               DENIS PAZZAGLINI

Assistant:                              MATTEO GNESI

Press manager:                   GEMMA RODÉS

Press officer:                        TONI CALVO

ALBERTO PUIG                             Team Manager

Date and place of birth: 16/01/1967 in Barcelona (Spain)

Biography:

After retiring as a professional rider, Alberto Puig joined up with Telefónica MoviStar in 1999 to set up the MoviStar Activa Cup, an innovative promotional cup with the objective of discovering, developing and promoting talented youngsters. In 2000 Puig put together a team to contest the 125cc Spanish Championship, with Joan Olivé, Raúl Jara and Dani Pedrosa.  Thanks to Alberto’s experience and a highly-qualified technical team, the project was a complete success. Olivé become the youngest ever champion in the history of the series, Raúl Jara came second and Pedrosa finished fourth. In 2001 the Telefónica MoviStar Junior Team made the step up to the 125cc World Championship with Toni Elías, Dani Pedrosa and Joan Olivé, finishing as the best private team in the category. Elías fought for the title until the end of the season, finishing as the best privateer rider and Dani Pedrosa won the Rookie of the Year title, scoring two podiums at just 15 years of age. In 2002 Pedrosa finished third in the 125cc World Championship with three wins and a total of nine podiums, going on to win the title in 2003. The team also ran Sebastián Porto in the 250cc category and finished eighth in the World Championship.

Hobbies: motocross.

Dani’s best qualities: humility, concentration and riding talent.

MIKE LEITNER                   Chief Mechanic

Date and place of birth: 28/09/1962 in Bad Ischl (Austria)

Biography:

1985-1990: 125cc rider

1994-1997: Honda 250 (mechanic-Ralf Waldmann)

1998: Honda 250 (mechanic Stefano Perugini)

1999-2000: Aprilia 250 (mechanic Ralf Waldmann)

2001: Aprilia 250 (mechanic Jeremy McWilliams)

2002-2003: Öhlins (suspension technician)

2004: Honda 250 (Chief mechanic Dani Pedrosa)

Hobbies: skiing, cycling, family.

Dani’s best quality: His way of thinking.

JOSÉ MANUEL ALLENDE                     Telemetry engineer          

Date and place of birth: 08/01/1972 in Tortosa (Tarragona, Spain)

Biography:

1998-1999: Honda 250 (European Championship with Monlau)

2000-2002: Yamaha 250 (World Championship with Petronas)

2003: Honda 250 (World Championship with BQR)

2004: Honda 250 (World Championship with Telefónica MoviStar Honda-Dani Pedrosa)

Hobbies: family and football

Dani’s best quality: his intelligence.

FABRIZIO BRUTTI                        Mechanic    

Date and place of birth: 20/06/1978 in Granollers (Barcelona, Spain)

Biography:

2000: Honda 125 cc (CEV-Dani Pedrosa)

2001: Honda 125 cc. (World Championship-Dani Pedrosa)

2002: Honda 125 cc. (World Championship-Dani Pedrosa)

2003: Honda 125 cc. (World Championship-Dani Pedrosa)- World Champion

2004: Honda 250 cc. (World Championship-Dani Pedrosa)

Hobbies: motocross and mountain bike

Dani’s best quality: his mental strength and capacity for concentration.

JORDI PRADES                                        Mechanic    

Date and place of birth: 28/10/1958 in Barcelona (Spain)

Biography:

1986: JJ Cobas 80 cc. (Torrontegui)

1987: JJ Cobas 250 cc. (Alberto Puig)

1989: JJ Cobas 125 cc. (Àlex Crivillé) World Champion

1990: Yamaha Agostini 250 cc. (Àlex Crivillé)

1991: JJ Cobas 250 cc. (Àlex Crivillé)

1994: Honda 250 cc. (Maurel)

1995: Honda 250 cc. (D’Antin)

1996-2003: Honda Pons 500 cc. (Checa, Puig, Kocenski, Borja, Barros) and Honda Pons MotoGP (Ukawa)

Hobbies: photography and modelling

Dani’s best quality: his humility

DENIS PAZZAGLINI                                              Mechanic    

Date and place of birth: 05/11/1975 in Rimini (Italy)

Biography:

1997-1998: Honda 500 cc. (Alex Barros)

1999: Honda 250 cc. (Loris Capirossi)

2000: Honda 250 cc. (Daijiro Kato)

2001: Honda 250 cc. (Daijiro Kato) World Champion

2002: Honda 500 cc. (Daijiro Kato)

2003: Honda MotoGP (Daijiro Kato)

2004: Honda 250 cc. (Dani Pedrosa)

Hobbies: road cycling and women

Dani’s best quality: cool approach and riding style.

GARY REYNDERS                                               Suspension technician  

Date and place of birth: 08/04/1966 in Diese (Belgium)

Biography:

1992-2002: World Championship with Kayaba (Suzuki, Honda Tech 3 and Yamaha Tech 3)

2002-2004: World Championship with Showa (Pedrosa, Porto, Aoyama and Dovizioso)

Hobbies: motorcycles

Dani’s best quality: his big heart and his personality.

MATTEO GNESI                                        Assistant     

Date and place of birth: 31/01/1984 in Rimeni (Italy)

Biography:

2003: Honda 250 (Italian and European Championship)

2004: Honda 250 (Dani Pedrosa)

Hobbies: motorcycles, cycling and women

Dani’s best quality: he never gives in and he gets the best out of himself at the most difficult times.