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<b>GLORY DAY FOR DANI:</b> Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa with the winner's trophy after the 2013 Malaysian MotoGP at the Sepang track in Malaysia.<i>Image: AFP</i>
<b>GLORY DAY FOR DANI:</b> Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa with the winner's trophy after the 2013 Malaysian MotoGP at the Sepang track in Malaysia.<i>Image: AFP</i>

LOSAIL, Qatar – Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa has announced he will take a break from racing to seek medical advice for an arm-cramps problem that surgery has failed to fix.

The Spaniard, 29, said in a team release after coming sixth in the 2015 season-opening Qatar GP under floodlights here on March 29: “Tonight's race didn't go to plan. I had serious problems with my right forearm, which isn't good news for me.

"I worked very hard over the winter to find a solution because I was suffering in every race in 2015.”

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