Pedrosa won 31 grands prix and finished runner-up three times in the championship with Honda in a MotoGP career that spanned from 2006 to the end of 2018.
Since retiring, Pedrosa joined KTM as an official test rider and has been instrumental in helping develop the bike into a race-winning package.
Making his second wildcard outing in four years this weekend at the Spanish GP, Pedrosa has been on sensational form having topped FP1, ended Friday third overall, qualified sixth and finished in that position in the race.
Pedrosa was just 1.738 seconds behind sprint winner and team-mate Brad Binder, while Jack Miller was third to create a "very rewarding" result for the Spaniard.
When asked if he could follow in the footsteps of numerous car racers over the years in making comebacks from retirement, Pedrosa replied: "But car racing is not the same as bike racing.
"No, I'm fine. I'm very happy, I'm enjoying very much what I'm doing.
"I was in the group, I was sixth, but I could see one and two fighting and at the end Jack went to third. Two bikes on the podium, my bike very close, it's very rewarding."
Source: Autosport