Hayden Looking Forward To Racing In Front Of Fans
The Kentucky Kid has tasted victory previously on home
territory, with his 2005 and 2006 Laguna Seca wins, though last year at Austin
– the venue for this weekend’s racing – he could only manage ninth place.
Meanwhile, Nicky Hayden started the 2014 season and the
latest chapter of his career, on the
‘Open’ Honda RCV1000R, with an eighth place result in Qatar and now he will
head to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas aiming to build on that result at
the second round of the season.
The DRIVE M7 Aspar Team rider stated, “A home Grand Prix is
always something very special and I really look forward to getting there,
seeing all the fans that support me so much and getting back on track.
MotoGP 2014 Austin is really a great track, it is a very
state of the art facility - safe, long, and wide but honestly last year there I
didn't get on with it great and was never able to be fast, especially in the
first half of the track.
That's got to change this year and even though I know the
acceleration off those slow corners won't be kind to us all the changes of
direction should suit me and this bike well. So let's hope we can get a result
to make the home crowd proud.
