Pedrosa admits race will very hard

Dani Pedrosa has admitted that he expects tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix to be a very stern challenge as he continues to grapple with the arm problem for which he will receive surgery following the race. The Spaniard revealed this week that he will have an operation later this month to remove a plate inserted when he broke his collarbone at Motegi last year, as a compression is causing numbness in his arm during races. That caused him to fall off the pace in Qatar a fortnight ago and go from challenging for the lead to struggling to hold on to third

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