Dani Pedrosa has explained that he is yet to fully recover from his broken collarbone of earlier this season, having finished Sunday’s United States MotoGP third but over nine seconds behind race-winning team-mate Casey Stoner.
“I'm very happy with another podium, the second after my comeback from injury,” said Repsol Honda rider Pedrosa. “I could have predicted this result before coming to Laguna because I knew it would be physically very tough for me and it has been great to keep up with the pace of Casey and Jorge (Lorenzo) in these past two races.
“Today, by the middle of the race, I was very tired - almost finished. I couldn't get my left arm strong enough and here at this track you don't rest for a moment, so I had to drop. It's been quite difficult to set up the bike this weekend, I had a lack of grip generally, but the team worked very well.
“Now we have some holidays and it will be good for me to have some days off to rest and relax my muscles and be back training to arrive at Brno fully fit.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  C. Stoner | Repsol Honda | 43:52.145 |
| 2. | J. Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha | +5.634 |
| 3. | D. Pedrosa | Repsol Honda | +9.467 |
| 4. | B. Spies | Fiat Yamaha | +20.562 |
| 5. | A. Dovizioso | Repsol Honda | +20.885 |
| 6. | V. Rossi | Ducati | +30.351 |
| 7. | N. Hayden | Ducati | +31.031 |
| 8. | C. Edwards | Tech 3 | +45.502 |
| 9. | H. Barbera | Aspar Team | +51.549 |
| 10. | H. Aoyama | Gresini | +1:08.850 |
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