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Nicky Hayden took a big step forward in Laguna with his strongest finish yet in 2009—5th place. Nicky has been improving steadily in recent weeks with his first top ten result in Catalunya followed by a massive step up in the U.S. with a top five finish. Nicky aims to build on with these results on his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 and look forward to the next race in Germany in two weeks time.

“It was certainly a lot better than my other races so far this year. I have some great memories from here so it’s hard to get too excited by fifth place but I’m happy.”

“I’ve had a tough season, on Friday I was at the bottom and feeling miserable, just thinking it would break my heart to ride like that all weekend. We changed some stuff on the bike and just kept working our way forward, and in the end we got into the top five. Now we need to try and build on this.”

“We have to enjoy this moment and then see what Sachsenring brings. We’ve made a lot of changes on the bike so this has been a big adjustment for me. The team is just working as hard as ever and I am happy with my guys and the support they give me so if we can get some momentum that is all I can ask for.”

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