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Hayden debuts at Ducati

Nicky Hayden completed his first day of testing for the Ducati Marlboro Team at Valencia on Monday. The former MotoGP champion carried out testing duties for Ducati with the GP8 in the morning before he turned his attention on the GP9.

Speaking about his first day of testing for Ducati Hayden said: "It has been a very intense day and full of many things to test and to understand, but it was exactly as I expected it to be. I did just one run with the GP8 and then I switched completely to the GP9. Obviously there is a lot of work to do but I am happy, it was a good day that has allowed me to understand that the bike has good potential and, more than anything, I can say that I really enjoyed myself.

"This first day has given me an appreciation of the bike and the team. One of the things that really impressed me the most was the acceleration. I found myself pretty comfortable on the bike, and I really didn't make a lot of changes to levers and handlebars. We have not even changed a lot the settings, we have just made some small changes, some mapping settings, a couple of tyres, in order to try and understand the direction of the bike and to feel comfortable on it."

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