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<b>PAIN IN SPAIN:</b> Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa looks surprised as an AFP photographer catches him during pre-season testing at Sepang in February 2015. He's now had arm surgery in Spain. <i>Image: AFP / Mohd Rasfan</i>
<b>PAIN IN SPAIN:</b> Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa looks surprised as an AFP photographer catches him during pre-season testing at Sepang in February 2015. He's now had arm surgery in Spain. <i>Image: AFP / Mohd Rasfan</i>

MADRID, Spain - MotoGP star rider Dani Pedrosa, 29, has had successful surgery to ease a persistent arm problem but could be sidelined from racing for as long as six weeks.

His team, Repsol Honda, said: "He will miss the MotoGP in the United States on April 12 and the race in Argentina a week later while he recovers from the operation."

Experienced race and test rider Hiroshi Aoyama will take Pedrosa's place on the grid with current MotoGP champion and Honda rider Marc Marquez.

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