Colin Edwards will participate in this weekend's British MotoGP at Silverstone havin♓g passed a medical assessment on his right shou🍸lder today (Thursday).

The 37-year-old missed last weekend's Catalan Grand Prix after breaking his right c♈ollarbo⛦ne in a Friday practice crash at the Montmelo circuit.

The American had a titanium plate and 13 screws inserted in the shoulder during a three-hour opera♈tion the following day.

The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 star then returned to the track on Sund🎉ay, but was denied permission to start the race due to his medical condition.

That meant his run of 141 successive MotoGP appearances, since his 2003 debut, cam♔e to an end (see table belo෴w).

But the Texan will be back for round six of th🌊e 2011 championship, having been given the all-clear by medical staff.

"I was con💙fident I would get through the medi༒cal and now I'm just looking forward to the weekend and being back on track with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team," said Edwards.

"The shoulder feels fantastic and I can't thank Dr Xavier Mir🅺 and his staff enough because without them I wouldn't be in a position to even co🐻nsider riding.

"I know it i൲s not going to be an easy weekend because there are some fast changes of direction and hard braking at Silverstone, but I'm confident I can do a good job and bring home some points for the Team."

Edwards, who missed out on a podium finish at 🍃round two in Jerez when his M1 stopped on the final lap, 𓄧has slipped to 13th in the world championship.

His return brings t💫he MotoGP🌺 grid back up to 16, with only Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa still absent.

Longest run of successive premier-class starts:

1. Valentino Rossi 170
2. Alex Barros 158
3. Colin Edwards 141
4. Max Biaggi 127
5. Shinya Nakano 124