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Repsol’s Pedrosa Retakes Points Lead, Heartbreak for Hayden
6 Days ago
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden looked set to score their first double podium of the season at Assen today. Impressive Pedrosa finished the race a strong second to retake the World Championship lead at the halfway point of the 2008 MotoGP series. Hayden ran strong too, just a few seconds down on his team-mate throughout, until his bike suddenly slowed within sight of the finish. The American coasted over the line in fourth, just seconds after compatriot Colin Edwards had passed him to snatch third place.
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Repsol Honda Riders 2nd & 4th on Grid
27 June 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa was in dazzling form at Assen this afternoon, ending up just 0.032 seconds off pole position. Team-mate Nicky Hayden also enjoyed a strong qualifying session, the American fourth quickest, just 0.455 seconds off pole. Pedrosa and Hayden were also impressive in this morning’s practice session, run on a damp and drying track, ending the outing in first and third positions. This afternoon’s conditions were dry but blustery, Pedrosa’s final lap taking him to a tantalisingly close to pole-sitter Casey Stoner. Hayden, using the pneumatic-valve RCV engine for the second race, might have done even better if he had had time to use his final qualifying tyre. He also lost some time on his fastest lap when John Hopkins crashed just in front of him as they attacked the high-speed Ramshoek left-hander in the closing stages of the hour-long outing.
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Repsol Honda Riders Make Solid Start
26 June 2008
Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa made a solid start to this week’s Dutch TT at Assen today, placing fourth and ninth fastest after the first two practice sessions. In sunny but blustery conditions Hayden and Pedrosa were second and third fastest this morning. Both riders improved their times this afternoon, though Pedrosa dropped several places while trying out different settings. Hayden is using the pneumatic-valve RCV engine for the second time this weekend while Pedrosa sticks with the conventional spring-valve engine. This year’s Dutch TT is a particularly historic event. Assen is the only MotoGP track surviving from the World Championship’s inaugural year in 1949, making this the 60th consecutive World Championship event at the Dutch venue.
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Pedrosa Third For Repsol Honda
24 June 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa finished a hard-fought third at Donington Park this afternoon after starting from ninth on the grid. Team-mate Nicky Hayden rode his first race with the pneumatic-valve RCV engine and finished seventh after running in the top four. Weather conditions have been changeable throughout the weekend here with heavy rain yesterday and strong winds today. The race was watched by a record 88,000 fans.
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Repsol’s Hayden Ready to Race Pneumatic-Valve RCV Engine
22 June 2008
Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa today qualified fourth and ninth fastest for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix, round eight of this year’s MotoGP World Championship. Following yesterday’s two dry sessions, rain dominated today. This morning’s practice outing was run in heavy rain while this afternoon’s qualifying session was run on a wet but drying track. Pedrosa and Hayden were second and third fastest in the morning but found the damp conditions more challenging. Hayden, using the pneumatic-valve RC212V engine for the first time at a race, was once again impressive, ending the day just a quarter of a second off the front row.
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Repsol's Hayden Second Fastest on Day One at Donington
21 June 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa were second and sixth fastest in today’s opening two practice sessions at Donington Park. Hayden had a positive day, using HRC’s pneumatic-valve engine at a race for the first time. The 2006 MotoGP World Champion worked hard at dialling in the engine, which has a 1000rpm higher rev ceiling than the valve-spring RCV engine, ending the day half a second off reigning champ Casey Stoner. Pedrosa was also going well in the cool, blustery conditions, running third fastest this afternoon before he highsided at Redgate corner.
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Better Feeling for Hayden With Pneumatic-Valve RCV Engine
11 June 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Nicky Hayden completed his second afternoon of testing at Catalunya today, working between the rain showers. The American continued back-to-back tests with the pneumatic-valve RC212V engine and the conventional valve-spring RCV engine. He rode a promising race simulation using the pneumatic-valve engine, averaging high 1m 42s and low 1m 43s, a second faster than he had managed in Sunday’s Catalan Grand Prix, for which he used the valve-spring engine.
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Pedrosa on Top for Repsol Honda
06 June 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa set an impressive pace on the opening day of Catalan Grand Prix practice today, topping the first two sessions, just six-thousandths ahead of his closest rival Loris Capirossi. Team-mate Nicky Hayden made solid progress, ending the day ninth, less than six-tenths off the fastest lap of the day. Track conditions were more slippery than usual today following heavy rain throughout much of yesterday. Seven riders crashed during the morning and afternoon sessions, Pedrosa sliding off in the final minutes of the second outing, after he already had ridden his best lap.
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Repsol Honda's Pedrosa Takes Hard-Fought Third
02 June 2008
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa rode a gutsy race in today’s Italian Grand Prix, battling back and forth with reigning World Champion Casey Stoner and eventually finishing third aboard his RC212V. Nicky Hayden had high hopes of a strong race following a promising performance in morning warm-up but the American ran into difficulties and came home an unlucky 13th. HRC test rider Tadayuki Okada did a sterling day’s work with Honda’s new pneumatic-valve-spring RC212V engine, scoring two World Championship points. Contesting his first GP in almost eight years, the 41-year-old gathered a full race of data that will help Pedrosa and Hayden decide which type of engine they will use at next weekend’s Catalan GP.
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Repsol Honda's Pedrosa Just 0.167s Off Pole
31 May 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa is going well at Mugello, the Spaniard was fastest in this morning’s free practice session and a close second in this afternoon’s qualifying outing, just 0.167 seconds off pole position. Team-mate Nicky Hayden also went well today with sixth best time in qualifying, only half a second off pole. And Italian GP wild card Tadayuki Okada, who is giving Honda’s pneumatic-valve-spring engine its MotoGP debut, qualified a respectable 15th for his first GP in almost eight years.
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Repsol Honda’s Hayden Second Quickest in Rain
30 May 2008
Inclement weather and changeable track conditions dominated today’s proceedings at Mugello, riders contending with a damp track this morning and heavy rainfall this afternoon. Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden excelled in the conditions, the American leading the morning session at one point and ending the afternoon outing second fastest. On combined session times Hayden was 12th overall while team-mate Dani Pedrosa was eighth and wild card rider Tadayuki Okada 17th.
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Resol Honda Riders 4th & 8th in Tough French GP
19 May 2008
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden finished fourth and eighth in today’s rain-affected French GP at Le Mans. Pedrosa, who started the race from pole position, ran in the lead group and only lost his chance of a podium finish in the final two or three laps. Hayden, who qualified sixth fastest, lost several places mid-race when he ran off the track but kept battling hard all the way to the finish. During the early laps Pedrosa fought an enthralling skirmish with rivals Valentino Rossi, Colin Edwards and Casey Stoner. Then rain began falling at half-distance, dampening the track at the entry to the high-speed first corner, which riders attack at about 180km/h
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Pedrosa & Repsol Honda on Top
16 May 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa made a great start to his French GP weekend by setting the pace in today’s opening practice sessions aboard his RC212V. Team-mate Nicky Hayden had a more difficult day, ending up 12th fastest, but the American is confident of improvement tomorrow, so long as the forecast rain stays away. With showers predicted for tomorrow, there was extra pressure on the team to find the best-possible set-up during today’s two one-hour outings, Pedrosa looking superbly smooth and controlled around the historic French circuit, while Hayden worked to improve corner-entry performance.
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Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa Moves Into Points Lead
04 May 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa took a brilliant second-place finish at Shanghai this afternoon following a race-long battle with winner Valentino Rossi. The result maintained the Spaniard’s 100 per cent 2008 podium record and most importantly moved him into the World Championship points lead. Nicky Hayden enjoyed a busy race during which he battled long and hard for a sixth-place finish. The race, which started on a dry track after heavy morning rainfall, belonged to Pedrosa and Rossi. The pair quickly built a huge advantage over the rest of the pack, lapping faster and faster as the race went on despite a few spots of rain falling mid-race. Pedrosa had taken the lead from Colin Edwards on lap two then rode wheel to wheel with Rossi until easing his pace in the final stages to secure second place
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Repsol Honda Riders on Rows Two & Four
03 May 2008
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden fought hard in a tough qualifying session at Shanghai this afternoon, ending up fifth and tenth quickest. Pedrosa, who had been just five hundredths of a second off the fastest time during the three free practice sessions, will start tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix from the second row of the grid. The Spaniard was trying as hard as ever, saving one major slide during the early stages of qualifying as he battled for a front-row start.
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Repsol’s Pedrosa Second In Tricky Race
13 April 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa had a hard-fought ride to second place in tricky conditions at Estoril today while team-mate Nicky Hayden tumbled out of fourth place while sneaking up on the leading trio. The opening laps of the race were especially tricky because light rain showers had dampened several sections of the circuit. Pedrosa’s third successive podium finish from the first three races – third in Qatar, winner in Spain and second here in Portugal – makes him the equal points leader with today’s race winner Jorge Lorenzo.
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Pedrosa On ‘Provisional Pole’, Hayden A Close 4th
11 April 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa was in impressive form at windswept Estoril today, heading a closely bunched leading group on the first day of practice, team-mate Nicky Hayden just 0.181 seconds down in fourth place. Strong, blustery winds and a morning rain shower complicated the day’s proceedings, but once the track was mostly d ry World Championship leader and Spanish GP winner Pedrosa quickly got into the groove to set the pace, recording the fastest lap of the day and establishing a good rhythm.
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Pedrosa Wins Big To Lead World Championship
30 March 2008
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa scored a dominant victory in front of 131,000 sun-drenched fans at Jerez today, his team-mate Nicky Hayden running in the leading pack for much of the race to finish a strong fourth. Pedrosa took over the lead from holeshot man Hayden at turn two and stayed out front for the rest of the 27 laps, setting a red-hot pace that put him and his Repsol Honda RC212V almost four seconds ahead at half distance. The Spaniard crossed the finish line 2.8 seconds in front of Valentino Rossi, having smashed both lap and race records.
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Repsol’s Pedrosa Impressive In 2nd Place
30 March 2008
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden delivered impressive qualifying performances at sun-blessed Jerez today, Pedrosa going second quickest, Hayden just a fraction of a second behind his team-mate in fourth. That session backed up similarly strong showings during free practice.
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Repsol Honda Riders On The Pace At Jerez
29 March 2008
Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa made a strong start to their Spanish GP weekend today, ending the first two practice sessions fourth and fifth fastest. Both riders’ best lap times were around lap record pace and less than half a second off today’s fastest lap. Hayden used a new spec chassis to achieve his best times of the day and prefers the new unit’s characteristics. Pedrosa, who struggled with his recently broken right hand during his last visit to Jerez in February, made excellent progress today, focusing on tyres and suspension. Tomorrow both riders will concentrate on longer tyre runs aboard their RC212Vs to prepare for Sunday’s race, round two of the 18-event 2008 MotoGP season.
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