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Hayden made progress in Jerez
28 March 2007 / ResultsWorld Champion Nicky Hayden stayed on for a profitable second day of testing at Jerez on Tuesday following Sunday's 27-lap Grand Prix of Spain. The 25-year-old American continued to work with his crew on further developments to the 800cc factory Honda RC212V he's campaigning in the 2007 season.
Though the track was wet in the morning, by 1.30pm the surface had dried enough for Hayden to begin evaluating a modified chassis and trying various suspension set-up options in combination with a range of Michelin tyres. Working through an extensive testing programme, the World Champion chose not to fit sticky qualifying tyres towards the end of the day, preferring to run with race rubber until the chequered flag came out at 6pm.
Nicky Hayden said about his day at Jerez: "It took a while for the circuit to dry out this morning but this afternoon I got some useful track time. We did some work with a modified chassis and towards the end of the day we found a direction that improved the feel of the package."
"I'm not going to try to hide the fact that things haven't quite gone to plan in the first two races and we've still got a lot of work to do but we made some progress today. As much as I'd love to go straight to Turkey, I'll use these few weeks off to think about a few things and try to make that step up needed to get back up front. Thanks to team and to HRC because all those guys stayed here and worked really hard - we're all in this together."
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