Broken thigh bone for Pedrosa

The Repsol Honda team has released a statement confirming the extent of Dani Pedrosa's fresh injuries following his accident in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. The crash was the latest in a series for the Spaniard, who has not yet completed his recovery after a huge accident in Germany last year.'Pedrosa had started the race injured after a big rear wheel slide and subsequent shake from his bike in Saturday morning's practice session caused the unlucky Spaniard to incur severe stretching in his right hip. The scans today also showed that the initial diagnosis at the circuit on Saturday had been correct and that Pedrosa had pulled the gluteus medius muscle, which caused a small crack in the greater trochanter (thigh) bone where the muscle attaches.

'Pedrosa had started the race injured after a big rear wheel slide and subsequent shake from his bike in Saturday morning's practice session caused the unlucky Spaniard to incur severe stretching in his right hip. The scans today also showed that the initial diagnosis at the circuit on Saturday had been correct and that Pedrosa had pulled the gluteus medius muscle, which caused a small crack in the greater trochanter (thigh) bone where the muscle attaches.