Crocked Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has undergone a successful operation to screw his fractured wrist back together at a Barcelona clinic following his massive Qatar MotoGP test on Monday night. But he faces a battle for fitness as it will be at least a month before he can even begin to bend his leg.

The diminutive Spaniard went under the knife at 6.30pm last night to sort out  a loss of internal matter on his left knee and a fractured left distal radius that was affecting the wrist joint on his left arm. Two doctors carried out the three-hour operation at the same time.

According to Dr. Ferreira, a specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery “Dani Pedrosa received a graft on the open wound using a rotation graft (a graft of skin and fat taken from the inside of his left thigh) to cover the affected area. We must now wait for scar tissue to form; the patient will be able to start moving a little within three weeks and within a minimum of four he can begin to bend the leg.”

Dr. Xavier Mir carried out an arthroscopy on Pedrosa at the same time “with this the fracture on the left distal radius, which was affecting the joint, has been repaired, it was then fixed with a titanium screw. The functioning of the affected zone will begin within ten days, in the meantime Dani Pedrosa will stay in hospital for the next 72 hours.”