Several prominent MotoGP racers use Arai including Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa.
Taking advantage of a wet circuit and numerous retirements ahead of him, Nakasuga was able to finish a distant second behind race winner Dani Pedrosa, becoming the only Japanese rider to score a podium finish in any class during 2012.
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Melandri finished on the podium at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Le Mans – at this point he and works rider Dani Pedrosa were the only Honda riders with multiple podiums.
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With Rossi struggling to find consistency, he was a major challenger, along with Ducati's Loris Capirossi and Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa.
At the second round of the championship at the new Circuit of the Americas, Márquez beat his team mate Dani Pedrosa in a race-long duel.