Pedrosa Makes His Comeback in Qatar

After being injured for weeks, the Honda rider Dani Pedrosa will make his comeback in the debut of the new MotoGP season in Qatar the next weekend. To refresh your memory, Dani Pedrosa suffered a crash during a testing session last March in Qatar. Furthermore, he injured his wrist and knee during the German GP in July and, after a surgery that sidelined him for months, he is now ready to compete in an official Grand Prix.

"First, I've got to say I'm really happy to be going to Qatar for this race," said the Spaniard. "It's clearly been quite a difficult winter for me and not the preparation for the season that we would have chosen.

"But my recovery from the surgery in March has been good - probably a little better than we expected - and that means I have the chance to make the first race, which is great.

Pedrosa's team Repsol Honda confirmed the Spanish rider is extremely determined to race in the upcoming Grand Prix but admitted that "flexibility and strength in his left leg" might be two main factors for a weak performance.

Nevertheless, Pedrosa reckoned that despite all these bad news he expects a strong performance in Qatar and he's willing to do anything that's possible to help the mea.

"Obviously I haven't been able to do the usual level of physical training while I've been injured, and we've missed out on some testing time, so we have some catching up to do.

"But I know my team hasn't been standing still while I've been away and I'm really looking forward to getting back on the bike and riding for the maximum result possible for my situation."