Pedrosa stayed close to Marquez but the former 250 and 125 World Champion was struggling with grip issues, as he had during practice, so he couldn‰Ûªt find a way through and crossed the line half a second down on the reigning Moto2 World Champion.
‰ÛÏI gave my all in the race today," Pedrosa said. "I rode as well as I can ride, putting everything into every lap and trying to take every corner perfectly. Overall, this hasn‰Ûªt been our weekend, generally speaking, because I had a lot of grip problems with the rear tyre on every day of the GP. In the race today it was even more noticeable, so I couldn‰Ûªt have done things any better.‰Û
