Team Ducati returns on the United States of America this week because the eleventh round of the MotoGP World Championship, which takes affair on the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is the exponent soil race connected with the season for Nicky Hayden, who was born, raised also still lives in Owensboro, Kentucky, not far coming out of the border with the neighboring State connected with Indiana.
Hayden finished third on Indy last year, his sans pareil result of the season, and he would love on recite it the indicated Sunday. His left wrist, injured during qualifying on Brno, is in better shape and should not hinder him the indicated weekend.
Casey Stoner is also spy forward to racing on Indy because the first time since he took fourth affair in the rain-interrupted inaugural race in 2008. The Australian is also keen on confirm if
scholarly updates start ball rolling at the post-race test at Brno enjoy a positive effect at the famous versed circuit.
CASEY STONER, Ducati Team
"I’m really looking help to going back to Indy because it’s a circuit point we were in vile notched customary 2008 despite the crazy weather. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to race antipodal year passing over hopefully this time about we can make the most of the office we did customary the Brno test, even though we didn’t have much time. We’ll start out on Friday among the new front angle considering our first impressions of it were good albeit we still enjoy to defer whether we’ll use it for the race. We’ll also try unusual settings on the rear that we managed to get a scarcely any laps over on Brno but that and need checking out.”
NICKY HAYDEN, Ducati Team
“I really bottle not lie low to get to Indy because the race. It’s comparable a unknown impression with so much history also being so close on my soil I inspire a big corps making the trip to support me also my brother. The function has really grown a patch in partial a scarcely any years among the Indy square
dirt track, enduro cross, the stunt shows and all the downtown events, which in reality parcel out the fans a chance to represent the slip worthwhile. My broken wrist is better than last week in Brno, which I am very happy about, because we’ll show over Friday just after what precedent much better. The weather looks good so I hope to come out strong coming out of the gun over Friday also have a weekend help remembering. Let’s get it!”
VITTORIANO GUARESCHI, Team Manager
"We essay on Indy with some things on try that we prospect can parcel out Casey those bifid tenths he’s missing. Over the over and done scarcely any months he’s been happy with the engine and the control of the GP10 but never in reality able on get a vile feeling because the front. The new fork we essay in the Czech Republic sound to have given him a little confidence so we’ll set it on one connected with his two bikes on Friday afternoon. If his feeling is as vile as it was at Brno we’ll use it in the race. Also Nicky, connected with course, bottle use it if he wants to. This is one of the most important races of the year because him and definitely the one he looks forward to the most. He over and done third antipodal year also considering the big degree forward he has represent this season, coming close to the podium on scarcely any occasions, we hope he bottle be celebrating a homogeneous result.”
THE TRACK
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was hitch on to the MotoGP calendar in 2008 but the circuit used because the event features only a part connected with the famous Nascar track, namely a large section of the start-finish straight and sector of the south-eastern corner of the oval. The be supported of the impression is on the infield, a tight also twisty anti-clockwise layout. The most stringent aspect of Indy is not the layout, however, passing over the surface, which the riders find to be a challenge. With three different kinds of ashpalt offering different point of grip, the riders and their teams have to office stringent on bring to light a set-up to cope. Extreme weather conditions that are commonplace customary the indicated sector of the USA can also be a factor, as was seen in the first reside for MotoGP to Indianapolis, and and make grip regularize more penetrating on the three unified sector connected with track.
INDIANAPOLIS CIRCUIT FACTS
Circuit Record: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2009), 1'40.152 – 151.545 km/h
Best Pole: Dani Pedrosa ( Honda – 2009), 1'39.730 – 152.186 km/h
Circuit Length: 4.216 km
MotoGP Race 2010: 20 laps (84.32 km)
MotoGP Timetable 2010: 15:00 Local Time
Number laps: 28
Race distance: 118.048
PODIUM 2009: 1st Jorge Lorenzo, 2nd Alex De Angelis, 3rd Nicky Hayden
POLE 2009: Dani Pedrosa ( Honda – 2009), 1'39.730 – 152.186 km/h
DUCATI MOTOGP TEAM’S BEST RESULTS AT INDIANAPOLIS
2009: 3rd (Hayden)
2008: 4th (Stoner)
DUCATI TEAM – RIDER INFO
CASEY STONER
Age: 24 (born 16th October 1985 customary Southport, Queensland, Australia )
Residency: Switzerland
Bike: Ducati Team Desmosedici GP10
Number: 27
GP Appearances: 136 (75xMotoGP, 31×250, 30×125)
GP victories: 27 (20xMotoGP, 5×250, 2×125)
First GP win: Valencia, 2003 (125)
GP debut: Great Britain, 2001 (125)
Pole positions: 22 (18xMotoGP, 2×250, 2×125)
First pole position: Italy, 2003 (125)
World Titles: 1 (MotoGP, 2007)
Stoner’s MotoGP track record on Indianapolis:
2009: Qualified: -. Race: -
2008: Qualified: 2nd. Race: 4th
NICKY HAYDEN
Age: 29 (born 30th July 1981 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA)
Residency: Owensboro, USA
Bike: Ducati Team Desmosedici GP10
Number: 69
GP Appearances: 126 (126xMotoGP)
First GP: Japan, 2003 (MotoGP)
GP wins: 3 (3xMotoGP)
First GP win: USA, 2005 (MotoGP)
Pole positions: 5 (5xMotoGP)
First pole: USA, 2005 (MotoGP)
World titles: 1 (MotoGP, 2006)
Hayden’s MotoGP impression register at Indianapolis:
2009: Qualified: 6th. Race: 3rd
2008: Qualified: 4th. Race: 2nd
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