Thursday, June 5, 2008

Hayden baffled by dismal race

Hayden baffled by dismal race

Nicky Hayden was baffled as to the reasons for his race slump in this afternoon's Italian MotoGP at Mugello.

The Repsol Honda rider, who made a good start from sixth on the grid to run as high as fourth in the first lap, suffered a steady drop down the order during the race to end up in a lowly 13th position, 50 seconds behind winner Valentino Rossi and 45 behind teammate Dani Pedrosa.

"This morning we made a nice step, we made a suspension adjustment and the bike felt a lot better, so we had a pretty good pace," explained the American.

"We were certainly unlucky in the race. I got an awesome start, felt pretty good, but it was clear from the beginning that we had a problem. Guys started coming past and there was nothing I could do, there was no way to defend. So I just tried to get to the finish and get a couple of points."

Hayden is now waiting for the team to analyse the RC212V's telemetry.

"They're checking the data now to see exactly what happened," he concluded. "Like I said, we were quite unlucky, I knew we didn't have Rossi's pace this morning, but we had enough pace to be in there, to be quite competitive."



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