Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa hindered by injury – MotoGP news
The second fastest rider of Repsol Dani Pedrosa had problems with his left arm during the season opener race Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar.
Pedrosa was running with good pace after the start, but as the race passed by he lost strength in his left arm, and could not hold the handle bar further.
At the near and of the race he was totally incapable of using clutch of his bike and just tended t finish the race without any unpleasant scene.
Despite of such pain and lack of strength he still stood to fight for the title against his teammate Casey Stoner, but the poor condition of his arm left him for the fight for second place with reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. However, the Yamaha
rider took advantage an passed to gain the second position to the final lap of the race, leaving Pedrosa at third place for the podium.
Pedrosa underwent a series of checkups for his weak arm which hindered him from winning the race title, after he returned from the Qatar. The Repsol team and rider both were eager to seek the factor for discomforting the rider during the Qatar Grand
Prix. When he suffered from numbness and lack of required strength during he suspected that the injury has not recovered properly, he got last October.
Pedrosa has gone through several tests consisted on 3D CAT scan with MRI in contrast. The scans revealed that there are no vascular or nerve blockage in the collarbone region. But it showed a small stretch in the plexus, which is recovering slow but
steadily and needs more time to be perfectly fit.
Pedrosa was totally out of guess to have any kind of hindrance during the race, but after facing this unseen moment he was courageous to fight back for the team and his name, as previously Pedrosa did not face any kind of problem regarding his arm
throughout the winter testing. Pedrosa was feeling very hard for himself and his team as he has good feelings for claiming the race title.
He was dominating the time charts through the winter testing being at second place after his teammate Casey Stoner. As the pain started after the half race was gone by, he felt to lose the confidence and the winning conditions.
“I would be lying if I said I'm not disappointed because this year the bike is working very well and physically I feel good, but unfortunately this complication has arisen and I have nothing else to do but give my best until the injury heals completely,”
he said.
He’s looking forward to be physically fit for the upcoming race at Jerez, Spain on April 2.
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