Injured Dani Pedrosa was forced to miss Repsol's official 2009 launch event in Madrid's Palacio de Deportes yesterday as he is still recovering after surgery on his left wrist and knee, which were both injured in a testing accident at Losail.

Dani Pedrosa says that he is confident and that his recovery is progressing on schedule, as he remains optimistic that he will be fit for the MotoGP season-opener in Qatar on 12 April. He already indicated that he will miss the final pre season test in Jerez.

The Honda rider has had a skin graft on his knee after the Qatar crash reopened a wound from winter surgery, the result of a crash in Australia last year. He had also sustained severe injuries in a massive crash at Sachsenring in July 2008.


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