Nicky Hayden 8th in Free Practice 1 in Germany; continues upward trend “It is nice to be able to come to a track and not have to be trying something radical with the set-up on the first day and today we started out with pretty much the settings from Laguna, making a few changes as [...]
Nicky had a special color scheme on his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 in Laguna, commemorating the 4th of July, and celebrating the launch of the Nicky Hayden Edition Ducati 848. Below are the best photos we’ve found showing the design so far. Credits Photo 1 MotoGP.com, photo 2 Scott Jones & MotoGPMatters.com, photos 3-9 Ducati.com.
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 [...]
Ducati unveiled yesterday a 2010 Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden special edition in Laguna Seca. The bike will only be available in the United States and is listed at $14,495.00. The bike features a special blue, red & white paint job, with Nicky’s #69 just below the windscreen. Only 150 special editions will be made and [...]
Nicky Hayden is looking forward to another special weekend at Laguna Seca, the scene of his superb wins in 2005 and 2006. Although Indianapolis has now become Nicky Hayden’s true home event, the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca is always a special weekend on the calendar for the Kentuckian rider. Hayden made [...]
…says Ducati Project manager Livio Suppo Australian Casey Stoner has been experiencing dips in physical fitness over the last two races. Although the mysterious did not Casey from getting on the podium, Ducati’s MotoGP project manager Livio Suppo was convinced that he would have been closer to the Yamaha boys, particularly Jorge Lorenzo who finished [...]
Hayden finishes 8th; best result in 2009 Nicky reflects on tough Assen race. “When you start from 13th you are always going to have a lot of work to do but that was the best bike I’ve had underneath me all season so I want to say a huge ‘thank you’ to the team for [...]
Running the number 69 on his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 and the number 22 on his helmet, Nicky Hayden placed twelfth in the opening practice session for the Alice TT Assen on Thursday. He now looks to improve transmission troubles in time for MotoGP qualifying. “We had some different ideas to try here with the electronics [...]
Nicky Hayden “This is a very different circuit to Le Mans and to be honest I was hoping that coming here, to the track where this bike was born, we would be on the pace. Unfortunately we’re not and the truth is we’re struggling again – it’s pretty demoralising because every track we go to [...]
Ducati Marlboro’s former World Champions review the first day of action at the Grand Prix de France. Day one at Le Mans saw Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden at opposite ends of the MotoGP FP1 timesheets, with the American set to play catch up on Saturday. Casey Stoner – 2nd “In the first part of [...]
