Colin Edwards will participate in this weekend's British🌟 MotoGP at Silverstone having passed a medical assessment on his right shoulder today (Thursday).

The 37-year-old missed last weekend's Catalan Grand Prix after breaking his right collarbone inꩵ a Friday practice crash at the Montmelo circuit.

The Am🐼erican🐠 had a titanium plate and 13 screws inserted in the shoulder during a three-hour operation the following day.

The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 star then retuꦯrned to the track on Sun🌊day, but was denied permission to start the race due to his medical condition.

That meant his run of 141 successive MotoGP appearances, si♊𓄧nce his 2003 debut, came to an end (see table below).

But the Texan will be back for round six of the 2011 championship💜, having be🧸en given the all-clear by medical staff.

"I was confident I would get through the medical and now I'm just l𝓀ooking forward to the weekend and being back on track with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team," said Edwards.

"The shoulder feels fantastic and I can't thank Dr Xavier Mir and his 🌠staff enou♓gh because without them I wouldn't be in a position to even consider riding.

"I know it is not going to be an easy weekend becaus🦄e there are some fast changes of direction and hard braking at Silverstone, but I'm confident I 🌳can do a good job and bring home some points for the Team."

Edwards, who missed out on a podium finish at round two in Jerez when his M1 stopped on the final lap, has slipped to 13th in the world chaꦕmpionship.

H🐻is return brings the MotoGP grid back up to 16, with only Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa still absent.

Longest run of successive premier-class starts:

1. Valentino Rossi 170
2. Alex Barros 158
3. Colin Edwards 141
4. Max Biaggi 127
5. Shinya Nakano 124