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Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden considers Donington Park an “unfavored” track, with Casey having never been shy about stating his dislike for the circuit, despite winning the last two British Grand Prixs.

Casey Stoner

“We did the best job we could at Sachsenring and now I’m a bit more confident about going to Donington. The best thing for us would be to have similar weather and temperature as in Germany because I think the conditions there played into my hands, as did the circuit, which has some long corners where I was able to relax a little on the bike.”

“I’ll be happy if we can have another weekend in similar temperatures at Donington. The track has never been one of my favourites but I have had good results there. The bike has been going really well for the last few races even though we could do with a little more traction.”

Nicky Hayden

“I’ve never had amazing results at Donington but I can’t wait to get back out on track because I’m not happy with the way the last race went after the really positive practice we had,” comments the American. “My bike is really stable under braking and that should be a real bonus at this circuit. Things have been going well lately, I’m having fun and last weekend was the first time in a long while that I’ve been up front in practice. Seeing P1 unchanged on my pit board for such a long time was a nice feeling.”

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