Edwards thanks doctors after podium

Colin Edwards paid tribute to the medical team that looked after him in the wake of his Catalunya crash after finishing on the podium at Silverstone despite breaking his collarbone just a week earlier. The American sustained the injury in Friday practice in Spain, had surgery on the Saturday, yet felt fit enough to try and race on the Sunday - though he only intended to take the start to maintain his unbroken run of MotoGP appearances, and would have retired early. He never had any doubts about racing at Silverstone this weekend, and after a cautious performance in practice, Edwards qualified eighth, swiftly moved up to fifth in the wet race, then grabbed the podium after Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli crashed out.

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