Dani Pedrosa's crash during the first session of free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi effectively ended the Repsol Honda rider's chances of wresting the 2010 MotoGP championship away from Jorge Lorenzo. The incident, caused by a wayward throttle return spring leaving his throttle jammed open while braking, saw Pedrosa crash heavily and fracture his collarbone in three places, as well as suffer a grade 1 ankle sprain, ruling him out of Sunday's Japanese MotoGP round.
Pedrosa flew back to Spain immediately after the crash on Friday evening, and was admitted to the Dexeus Institut hospital in Barcelona, where he had surgery to fit a custom-made titanium plate to his collarbone to fixate it on Saturday. On Monday, Pedrosa was officially discharged and sent home to recuperate, which will involve a program of physiotherapy. Pedrosa is reported to be recovering well, and is scheduled to return to the Dexeus Institut on Wednesday for a further medical evaluation of his condition.
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