Battered Pedrosa to sit out test

The Repsol Honda rider visited the medical centre for precautionary checks following the four-bike incident,

"I have some pain in my chest and neck so I won't be testing tomorrow, but I should be okay to race in China," said Pedrosa.

The accident was triggered when Olivier Jacque out-braked himself and slid into Pedrosa and Colin Edwards. Pedrosa's bike then collected Chris Vermeulen's Suzuki.

"It's a shame about the crash today because I think I had a chance of a good result here - it seems that this track is not so lucky for me!" said Pedrosa, who had qualified on the front row.

"My start was not so good and I had some wheelspin off the line which meant I dropped back and was in a large group of riders on the first lap. Then when I was braking into the final tight section of the track I was hit on the inside and went down."