Rossi admits to injury worries

From motogp.com

The 2010 MotoGP World Championship resumes this weekend at Jerez, with the Gran Premio bwin de España now the second race of the season following the postponement of last weekend's race in Japan, due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Valentino Rossi arrives at Jerez leading the Championship standings after a victory in Qatar that surprised even 'The Doctor' himself. Rossi has won six times in the premier class at Jerez, but is unsure of a repeat performance this weekend after injuring his shoulder in a bruising motocross crash the week after returning from Qatar.

The postponement of the Japanese Grand Prix played into the Italian's hands, giving him an extra week to recover from the crash before facing his Championship rivals once again.

"Unfortunately the shoulder is still a problem and there is some pain," said Rossi during the pre-event press conference. "Normally this injury takes three weeks to heal and it's two weeks since it happened now, so I really need another seven days to be fully fit again.

"I was very lucky that Motegi was postponed as it has given me an extra week to work on the shoulder and it has improved very much, but we will only find out how much tomorrow [Friday].”