Nicky Hayden will replace Dani Pedrosa in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, returning to the Repsol Honda team with which he won the MotoGP title in 2006. The American, who already competed in the Aragon Grand Prix - he finished 15th, 40 seconds off the winner - as a replacement for Jack Miller at the Marc VDS team, will race again but alongside world champion Marc Marquez and on the works HRC bike. Hayden, who took part in 216 grands prix between 2003 and 2015 on the top category, with three wins and 28 podiums, had already travelled to Silverstone with the intention of replacing Jack Miller, who ended up racing despite the physical problems he had both in his hand and his back....
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