Pedrosa avoids further hip injury
Added on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 by Carole Nash Editor
Pedrosa avoids further hip injury
Dani Pedrosa has not done further damage to an existing hip injury, scans have revealed.
Pedrosa crashed out of Sunday’s Grand Prix in Mugello, raising fears that the Repsol Honda rider had further aggravated an existing injury to his right hip but after undergoing a scan yesterday in Barcelona, doctors confirmed that the Spaniard had not suffered any further serious injury.
Instead, Pedrosa pulled the gluteus medius muscle, which caused a small crack in the greater trochanter (thigh) bone where the muscle attaches. It is expected that the injury will hamper his movement for around one week, meaning that he will not miss the Catalunya Grand Prix in the city in a fortnight’s time.
“It’s a relief that the tests today didn’t show up anything new because I think I have enough to contend with already,” admitted Pedrosa, who has undergone two knee operations and forearm surgery already since the end of last season.
“The injury from Saturday is still quite painful obviously but with luck it will improve over the next week.
“The timing of this a real shame because I was feeling as though I was returning to something close to race fitness and could ride the bike as I wanted.
“Still, this is where we are so we’ll just get on with it and try to make a quick recovery. I really hope I can be fit for the next race because it’s a very important one for me and the team.”
