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| Dani Pedrosa has been cleared to race at Catalunya |
The team Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain has confirmed he will be startng at the Gran
Premi Cinzano de Catalunya, this announcement comes less than two weeks after suffering a minor fracture to his right femur
in an incident at Mugello. Dani Pedrosa had to undertake a final medical check a the Barcelona Dexeus facility on Tuesday,
with Doctors Xavier Mir and Manel Ribas giving him the good news that it was all clear to ride.
The participation of the 2008 race winner was never in serious doubt, if you look back at his history with riding whilst
injured he was always going to be home in Spain ready to race, the small gap in the title chase in front of Pedrosa and the
sheer fact that the weekend’s race is one of his best chances of taking his first victory of the season. Dani Pedrosa
said in a statement that the desire to ride in front of his home legion of fans as a key motivational factor.
“I didn’t want to miss this important date for anything in the world,” he said.
“On the one hand I wanted to ride because missing this race would mean losing too much ground in the standings, and
also because I wanted to race in front of my fans, friends and family.” Pedrosa added.
Dani Pedrosa has
been resting up following his Mugello accident in which he was stretchered off the track, with his right leg immobilised and
a cocktail of anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants to ease the pain ahead of the race at Catalunya.
