Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa has said his recovery from the injuries he sustained at Qatar and the subsequent surgery is going to plan and he still  hopes to be fit for the opening MotoGP round on April 12.

Pedrosa had his wrist screwed together and some reconstructive on his knee after the crash and still has two weeks before he is allowed to bend the offending limb.

Speaking via teleconference at his team's official launch, the Spaniard said: "I feel fine – that is making progress at a normal pace – and taking things with a lot of patience, because I still have two weeks left before I can begin to bend my knee. That is why I have not been able to be with the fans that have gone to see the presentation in  Madrid, I have to let my body recover, which after all is what you have to bear in mind in a case like this.

"I would like to be fit enough to do more practice, but I will have to find another way to prepare. The objective is stil the same, try to be fit for the first race in Qatar in a month`s time.”