Pedrosa to decide if he continues testing

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."