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Pedrosa and Hayden to race pneumatic-valve at Indy

Repsol Honda Team riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden will tackle the inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix using pneumatic-valve RC212V machines. This is the first time that both riders will race with Honda's pneumatic-valve engine. Until now Pedrosa has raced a conventional spring-valve engine, while Hayden first raced the pneumatic-valve engine at June's British Grand Prix.

Pedrosa opted to use the new machine following an impressive post-San Marino GP test session during which he enjoyed the pneumatic-valve engine's superior performance.

Indy will be Hayden's first race since July's United States GP at Laguna Seca. The American star suffered a broken right heel in early August which forced him to miss the Czech and San Marino GPs. He practiced at San Marino but withdrew from the race because riding was aggravating the injury and he wanted to be strong for Indy and the final four races of 2008.

For the first time Repsol Honda's two riders will use different brands of tyre, Hayden riding Michelin and Pedrosa using Bridgestone, which he tried for the first time during the Misano tests.

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