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Pedrosa wary of asymmetric front

Dani Pedrosa admits an asymmetric front tyre seems a good choice on paper for this weekend's Sachsenring round, but his past experience is that it 'feels a little strange'. Bridgestone has previously offered the asymmetric front at just two events, Phillip Island and then Valencia last season. “I prefer not to use it, because the feeling is a little bit strange,” Pedrosa said. “On the braking you are using a lot of time the hard [rubber in the centre of the tyre], and when you [lean] it's different, it feels different. “Here it is a good [concept] because you have only a few corners on the right here, and you need grip, as we can see many times in practice. Most probably I will try...
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