Pedrosa to return at Mugello
Added on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor
Pedrosa to return at Mugello
Dani Pedrosa has confirmed that he will be back in action this week at Mugello, seven weeks after sustaining a broken collarbone at Le Mans.
Pedrosa has missed rounds at Barcelona, Silverstone and Assen with the injury, sustained during an accident with Marco Simoncelli, and underwent surgery six weeks ago to insert a metal plate to the break.
But the Repsol Honda man will return to action in Italy this weekend, eager to get back on the bike and make up for those three rounds.
“For weeks I’ve been wanting to write that I’m back to competition and I can finally do it,” Pedrosa wrote in his blog for sponsor Repsol.
“These weeks have been difficult, but I knew that I had to focus on recovering to climb on the bike in the best possible shape. As I said last week, Mugello was the goal and that’s the only thing I’m thinking now.”
“I’m going to Italy eager to get on the bike, to see what my feelings are and to compete.
“Apart from getting on the bike, I also want to see the team again, work with them and try to do things right. At the end of the day we are like a family. You miss them when you don’t compete for so long.”
Pedrosa added that he was optimistic he was back to full fitness now, although he would not be totally certain until he was back on the bike.
“As for the recovery, the situation has improved a lot since I had my last surgery,” he said.
“It seems that we found the problem and the good feeling that I had two days after the operation have been confirmed during the past week. Now I see to see how I feel on the bike.”
