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Pedrosa extends contract with Honda

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<b>TWO MORE YEARS AT HONDA:</b> Honda veteran Dani Pedrosa will stick with the Japanese automaker until the end of 2016. <i>Image: AP/Vincent Jannink</i>
<b>TWO MORE YEARS AT HONDA:</b> Honda veteran Dani Pedrosa will stick with the Japanese automaker until the end of 2016. <i>Image: AP/Vincent Jannink</i>
Vincent Jannink
MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa has extended his contract with Honda team until the end of 2016.

Pedrosa, team mate to current champion Marc Marquez and co-third in the championship with Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.

Pedrosa has been with Honda since 2001. He won the 125cc title in 2003 and 250cc crown in 2004 and 2005. He moved up to MotoGP in 2006 and has been runner-up in the championship three times.

PEDROSA, HONDA LEGACY

He said: "It's the best way for me to continue in my racing career, together with the company I was with in my very first race."

Marquez, at 21 the youngest MotoGP champion, extended his contract for a further two years in May 2014.
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