News Details

Hayden admits: "I underestimated how hard it would be"

Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden admits he underestimated the scale of the challenge during his one-off return in last weekend's Aragon race, when he stood in for an injured Jack Miller. Riding Miller's Marc VDS Honda machine, Hayden - who quit the series to move to World Superbikes last year - claimed a single point with a 15th place finish at Motorland after languishing towards the bottom of the timesheets most of the weekend. Having never tried the new generation of Michelin MotoGP tyres introduced for this season, the American admitted getting up to speed with the French rubber was the most challenging aspect of the weekend. "The race I would say was the best session I had all...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

MotoGP Aragon: Hayden needs more front-end feel

Former MotoGP champion Hayden made his comeback to the series at Motorland...

Motorland gets MotoGP contract extension

The Motorland circuit will stay on the MotoGP calendar at least until the...
-7y from Motorsport.com

Marquez crash under yellow flags risked lives -...

Suzuki's Aleix Espargaro was critical of Marc Marquez's shunt in FP3 in...
-7y from Motorsport.com

Hayden to replace Miller for MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix

2006 MotoGP champion and World Superbikes racer Nicky Hayden will replace...

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

2015 MGPToday.com
MGPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with MotoGP.