The Repsol Honda team stayed in Jerez after the GP of Spain to do some test work. After a very wet first day, Nicky Hayden came out on track for a second day while team mate Dani Pedrosa decided not to test. Hayden put in a total of 72 laps with a fastest time of 1′41.900.

The American worldchampion who did not get the start of the season that he wanted, evaluated a modified chassis and tried out various suspension set-ups in combination with a range of Michelin tyres. Nicky worked through an extensive program of testing. He also decided not to put on qualifying tyres at the end of the day, instead he was riding on race rubber until the checkered flag came out. The feedback and data as a result fromt his test will be analysed by the team. Hopefully the team can make the necessary changes to make the bike perform better.

Nicky Hayden said about the test:

“It took a while for the circuit to dry out this morning but this afternoon I got some useful track time. We did some work with a modified chassis and towards the end of the day we found a direction that improved the feel of the package. I’m not going to try to hide the fact that things haven’t quite gone to plan in the first two races and we’ve still got a lot of work to do but we made some progress today. As much as I’d love to go straight to Turkey, I’ll use these few weeks off to think about a few things and try to make that step up needed to get back up front. Thanks to team and to HRC because all those guys stayed here and worked really hard – we’re all in this together.”