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posted February 13, 2004 06:08 AM
Hayden fastest! Hayden Fastest At Sepand Test
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Friday, February 13, 2004
This just in from HRC:
Hayden sounds warning shot out to rivals as Honda's Sepang test winds down
Factory Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden was in fine form on the final day of three at Sepang in Malaysia, improving his previous best lap of the circuit by nearly a second and instilling a good deal of confidence in himself and his team, as he and the other Honda riders move on to Australia for yet another three day test. Hayden was even able to finish early, as all of his Honda colleagues continued until around five o'clock on another scorching day at the equatorial track.
Temperatures were once again hovering between the 32º and 35ºC mark, whilst on the track surface it reached well into the 50ºs. Hayden set his time early morning amongst a clutch of fast laps, whilst his fellow riders improved steadily throughout the day. Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Colin Edwards and Makoto Tamada all joined Hayden under the psychologically fast 2'03 bench-mark, whilst Alex Barros continued with his adaptation to the RC211V after a year's absence and a shoulder operation, with surprisingly good results.
Nicky Hayden - 2m 02.041s 41 laps
"I'd be lyin' if I said it didn't feel good but I gotta' remember this is still only practice! It really helps to be comfortable with the team and I think it shows. We've done a good job over the last few days and I'm happy. We've had a few problems but we are more experienced about fixin' them now. I've never been that good in testin' - I'm usually best on Sunday so we're feelin' positive. The bike feels good - Honda has made a great bike even better over the winter. The 16.5-inch front feels real good - just like I'm used to with a Superbike. I just feel I can be more focussed on ridin' the bike this year than last. Last year I guess I had some excuses - I was learnin'. This year I wanna' win races. I'm lookin' forward to getting' down to Phillip Island - a track I really like - and getting' the bike to go fast there. Then back to Europe for more tests; then racin'. Can't wait."
posted February 13, 2004 07:56 PM
I think it is great since he seemed to be so far off the pace on day 1 (at least compared to the other Honda guys). This ought to be one hell of a year in MotoGP. The green bikes are getting better, but the best are getting better also. At least the green bikes are closer than they were before. It is a tough arena.
posted February 13, 2004 08:22 PM
Love Nicky! Hate Honda! That's all. Geeze I wish Kaw would find a better team than the Fuchs team as I'm sure they could figure it out! This really bugs me! Christ... they make championship jetskis/motocross machines etc and world championship high performance robots! Whats up?
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