Nicky Hayden Woes
Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm by angrybob
Sheesh. Not a good way to defend a title being a back marker. Admittedly, I am a little surprised and a little disappointed. It’s hard to defend the 2006 championship as Hayden winning versus Rossi losing.
I’ve actually thought about this a lot over the last couple of days (have I mentioned I have a 45 minute commute?). From what I have read, these 800cc machines are much more like the 250cc machines, whereas the 990cc versions were more like big-bore WSBK bikes. The latter would have a small advantage to Hayden. The former would have a larger advantage to the 250cc GP riders. This has been demonstrated by the increased corner speed and the increased amount of passing in the corners. And also, Hayden was in MotoGP for what, three years before he did well. Maybe he’s not the greatest student and it will take some time to adjust. Don’t know.
What I do know is that he better get some podiums pretty quick or his legacy will be filed under “fluke”. I still think that he is a class act and an awesome ambassador for the sport. But a cool accent and constant smile will only get him so far…well nowhere really in the points race
I think this season, with everyone on new (read: unknown) equipment, has the making of a very exciting year of racing. We can only hope that it will be like 2006!
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