Private tests. Montmeló Circuit. Tuesday june 10,
2008
NICKY HAYDEN CONFIRMS BETTER FEELINGS WITH THE NEW
PNEUMATIC-VALVE ENGINE
The American Repsol Honda Team rider is satisfied with the
new engine after finishing the training sessions at Barcelona
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Nicky Hayden completed his second
afternoon of testing at Catalunya today, working between the
rain showers. The American continued back-to-back tests with
the pneumatic-valve RC212V engine and the conventional valve-spring
RCV engine.
He rode a promising race simulation using the pneumatic-valve
engine, averaging high 1m 42s and low 1m 43s, a second faster
than he had managed in Sunday’s Catalan Grand Prix,
for which he used the valve-spring engine. Hayden tested alone
today. Team-mate Dani Pedrosa, winner on Sunday, didn’t
ride today following yesterday’s painful highside accident
that left him with a sore back and shoulders.
Quotes
MotoGP
Nicky Hayden >> fastest lap: 1m 42.555s (43 laps)
“The weather definitely was not cooperative today. A
few showers would come over every hour, make things just wet
enough so we couldn’t get all the work done that we
wanted to, but that’s how the weather goes.
Nonetheless we rode the new engine a lot of the day, tried
to get it dialled in, but we had a few little problems with
it, which was frustrating. We also worked on trying to make
the engine better over a long run. I did a run of over 20
laps and was able to stay very consistent which was good.
We would’ve liked to have got more time with it, but
I’ve seen enough that I like. I’ve got a better
feeling with the pneumatic-valve engine, so I look forward
to racing it as soon as the guys say it’s ready.”
Results
MotoGP
1. C.Stoner (Ducati) 1:42.180
2. C.Dovizioso (Honda) 1:42.222
3. N. Hayden (Repsol Honda) 1:42.555
4. C.Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1:42.590
5. R.De Puniet (Honda) 1:43.039
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