Pedrosa injury update.

Dani Pedrosa has undergone a full medical examinatꦍion to determine the exact nature of injuries sustained when he crashed 𒉰out of a commanding seven-second lead in Sunday's wet German Grand Prix.

After a preliminary examination in the Clinica Mobile at the Sachsenring circuit Pedrosa - who lost the 2008 MotoGP World Championship lead as a result of his first 🔯DNF of the season - checked into Barcelona's USP Instituto Universitari Dexeus at 22:00 on Sunday night, wher꧋e damage to his left hand and right ankle was checked in detail.

Pedrosa crash, German MotoGP 2008
Pedrosa crash, German MotoGP 2008
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Dani Pedrosa has undergone a full medical examination to determine the 𝄹exact nature of😼 injuries sustained when he crashed out of a commanding seven-second lead in Sunday's wet German Grand Prix.

After a preliminary examination in the Clinica Mobile at the Sachsenring circuit Pedrosa - who lost the 2008 MotoGP World Championship lead as a result of his▨ first DNF of the season - checked into Barcelona's USP Instituto Universitari Dexeus at 22:00 on Sunday night, where damage t💎o his left hand and right ankle was checked in detail.

After completing all the⛎ necessary tests Dr. Xavier Mir, chief of the Surgery and Microsurgery-Unit, in cooperation with the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus, decla🅘red that:

"Dani Pedrosa presents a general inflammation of the le🐈ft hand with hematomas i🌼n the sheathes of both extending tendons. The pilot shows a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the left pointing finger, which has been reduced.

"Further on, the patient presents a sprain of the proximal interphalaxical joint of the middle finger of the left hand which has been totally immobilized. Finally, he has undergone a fixation of a fracture of the 𓄧big bo❀ne of the left wrist by an arthroscopic technique.

"It is confirmed꧑ that the patient has suffered a lateral ex𒊎ternal sprain of the right ankle."

The Repsol Honda rider will remain in hospital and an evaluation of his injuries over the next 32 hours will determine whether he can participate in this weekend's Uniteꦗd States GP.

Pedrosa now sits second in the title chase, 16 points behind Valentino Rossi and four points ahead of reigni🍨ng world champion and Sachsenring winner Casey Stoner, with eight rounds⭕ still to go.

T🦩he US GP 🎐is the last race before the MotoGP summer break.

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