Pedrosa to decide if he continues testing

Dani Pedrosa will decide in the morning if he is to continue riding at this weekend's official MotoGP test in Jerez after suffering continued pain in his right hand on his return to action

The Repsol Honda rider was back in action at the Spanish circuit today for the first time since fracturing his right hand in a crash during testing at Sepang in Malaysia last month.

Although doctors were happy for him to return, Pedrosa admitted that his hand was still not fully healed - and that limited the amount of running he could do on Saturday.

"The priority here is to check my physical condition," said Pedrosa. "The hand still isn't 100 percent; today I couldn't really do more than five laps at a time. The hand is very painful, especially during braking and direction changes.

"I am icing it after every ride in an attempt to keep the swelling to a minimum. I will continue icing it tonight and we will see how it is tomorrow morning.

"If the swelling is okay and I feel okay, we will continue riding. Today I was just trying to ride at a safe pace for my condition, so we weren't really able to do any work on the bike or with tyres."