Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa will travel to the Austin MotoGP round despite undergoing surgery for a broken wrist last week.
Pedrosa picked up the injury after a crash in Argentina - the result of a nerfing from Johann Zarco - and was operated on by Dr Mir a couple of days later. He will try to ride in Texas on Friday to see how the wrist responds.
"Since the operation, I started feeling a bit better every day. I’ve been doing exercises to gain mobility and reduce the inflammation. Little by little I’m recovering muscle tone, and this allows me to see some progress," said Pedrosa.
"From here it’s difficult to know our real possibilities. We’re going to a difficult track and until I’m back on my bike I won’t be able to really know my situation. But what’s clear to me at this moment is that it’s well worth it to travel and try. An important part of my strength to go to Austin comes from your messages of support, so thank you very much to all of you."