Nicky Hayden lämnar Honda och går till Ducati.
Nicky Hayden confirms Honda departure
11 September 2008 23:43
Nicky Hayden has finally confirmed he definitely won’t be a Honda rider in 2009, with an announcement expected soon on his switch to join Casey Stoner in Ducati’s factory team.
Hayden has become increasingly disillusioned at Honda’s favouritism towards Repsol team-mate Dani Pedrosa, and in today’s pre-event press conference for the inaugural Indianapolis GP, the American confirmed his HRC departure.
Hayden, who is still on crutches with the cracked heel in his right foot still hampering him six weeks after he damaged it during practice for a Supermoto appearance in the Los Angeles X Games, said:
“I mean it's no secret. Everybody knows where my next stop's going to be. But officially we're waiting on doing it the right way until the releases come out because there's teams and stuff. But I'm looking forward to it.