Best ever qualifying for Nicky — 4th in Germany
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Well, well what do you know—Nicky Hayden qualified 4th today for tomorrow’s Alice Motorrad Grand Prix in Sachsenring, Germany. His best qualifier yet. Nicky qualified with a time of 1:34.404 just behind Casey Stoner’s 1:33.759. Might this be because of the new handlebars? Go Nicky!
Complete qualifying results for Germany
- Valentino Rossi 1:32.520
- Jorge Lorenzo 1:33.160
- Casey Stoner 1:33.759
- Nicky Hayden 1:34.404
- Alex de Angelis 1:34.490
- Randy de Puniet 1:34.564
- Colin Edwards 1:34.607
- Dani Pedrosa 1:34.725
- Loris Capirossi 1:34.741
- Mika Kallio 1:34.771
- Andrea Dovizioso 1:34.892
- Chris Vermeulen 1:34.937
- Marco Melandri 1:34.938
- James Toseland 1:35.005
- Niccolo Canepa 1:36.012
No Sete Gibernau in this race.
Update – Nicky Hayden talks about qualifying practice
“In some ways the session was a complete disaster but I ended up with my best grid position of the year so I’ll take it! I went out on the first bike and immediately something happened to the gearbox going into turn one and I almost went down. It was stuck in second gear so I had to ride it all the way back to the pits like that. I didn’t feel as comfortable on my second bike but I knew that was all I had to work with for the rest of the session so I was a little tentative. Then we made a couple of changes and got going pretty good. Things were coming together so I went out with ten minutes to go, got right on the pace and felt I could do something special. I set my best time through the first split but then in the downhill section I lost the rear and there was no way of getting it back, unfortunately it took Niccolo out too. I’m basically okay from the crash and I hope Niccolo is okay too because it was my fault. I was trying too hard when it was getting too slippery – it was raining harder but I felt like I could go faster”
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