Dani Pedrosa faces a sore MotoGP weekend at Le꧙ Mans after revealing he has a large swelling on his hip following the huge highside at Jerez.

The damage was done in a collꦇision between Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, which sent the Repsol Honda rider into a big highside while Lorenzo brought down Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

The swelling will need to be drain𝕴ed, but to do s𒀰o Pedrosa need to find a week without riding or heavy training.

"I'm okay more-or-less. I have a big swelling in my hip and some liquid. I c𝔉an't really do anything about it now. I have to wait until after the Barcelona test next week to see what I can do," Pedrosa said at Le Mans on Thursday.

"Normally you have to take the liquid out, but then you need then to be very patient for a week to make sure the liquid doesn'💜t come back. Because you cannot take out the liquid every time y🍎ou want. And until now I have no time.

"Honestly I'm a little bit worried because I cannot stop [riding]. That's why I want to try to forget it at this mo🍷ment a⭕nd wait until I can really do something. Now would not be a good idea because I'm active on the bike.

"I hope [it won't be too mu𝓀ch of a problem this weekend]. I will see because still after Mugello test it is a little bit sore, but I hope I can focus. The hand [injured in Argentina] is improving a lot, gaining a lot more strength and this is important for this track, for the braking and chicanes."

All three riders involved in 𓄧the Jerez incident felt the🎶y were innocent. Pedrosa confirmed he had 'spoken with' Lorenzo but was coy on the details: "I just wanted to go there and chat with him. I did and that's it."

Despite the injuries, Pedrosa returned to the track to test at J🥀erez on the Monday after the race and then Mugello later last week.

"Mugello was mainly abo🍬ut set-up, but I didn't feel very good physically. Just confirmed the things we tested in Jerez because we tried some new parts and a little bit of 🔜set-up after the race weekend and we finished with good feeling."

N🙈ew downforce fairings had been high on the priority 📖list for both Pedrosa and team-mate Marc Marquez during last week's tests, but the #26 isn't sure when Honda will chose to run their one available fairing upgrade.

"At the Jerez test, the aero package felt good there. Then we went to Mugello ꦗand 'hmmm'… But I think it's a positive, so I hope maybe soon."

With plenty of traction areas at Le Mans, Pedrosa was asked if Honda's new carbon fibre swingarm is improving rear grip on 🤡his RC213V, as LCR's Cal Crutchlow has suggested.

"Normally of all the Honda riders, I'm the guy who is spinning the most because I just don’t load the tyre enough and my tyre spins. So✅ I do the same lap time [a✱s the others], with more spinning.

"I don’t think really he could see that I spin less, but normally the carbon is h🦂elping to get some more feeling because the behaviour of the material is different. So you ride differently and maybe that is what he [saw].

"It's something that is still new and has some future. ✃We need to work💮 more on this."

The DNFs in Argentina and Jerez m🉐ean Pedrosa  starts the Le Mans weekend just🅷 eleventh in the world championship, with seventh places in Qatar and Austin.