Nicky Hayden’s slow drag to the line at Assen may have been reminiscent of his Indianapolis inauguration lap (onboard the 1909 Indian in April of this year) but there was only one man smiling at his low-speed run towards the chequered flag in the Netherlands. Colin Edwards was the beneficiary of the Repsol Honda rider’s mechanical woe less than two weeks ago, but Hayden is confident that a repeat of such a scenario is not on the cards at Sachsenring.
“The bike is working good, the engine is running plenty good, but we just had that little issue at the end of Assen which stopped me getting third,” says the 2006 MotoGP World Champion, who was set for his first podium of the year in the Netherlands.
“I’m sure the guys at HRC will have the electronics all fixed for this race because I quite like the Sachsenring and I´ve always gone pretty well there.”
“It’s a short little lap and some people complain it’s too tight and twisty, but I like fast left-hand corners and it’s got a lot of them. I’m a dirt tracker so I like going left!
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