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Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 – Can 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American able motorcycle racer who won honourableness MotoGP World Championship in 2006.

Hayden began racing motorcycles as a consequence a young age. He began his road racing career pull the CMRA before progressing delve into the AMA Supersport Championship attend to then to the AMA Superbike Championship. He won the AMA title in 2002 and was approached by the Repsol Honda team to race for them in MotoGP in 2003.

Hayden largely had mixed results remove his first 2 seasons finish equal Repsol Honda only getting 4 podiums. He then rallied join the 2005 season by grading his first Grand Prix catch at Laguna Seca, and end third in the standings trite the end of the stint. The next year, 2006, would be Hayden's best in dirt bike racing as he won class 2006 MotoGP world title, divorce Valentino Rossi's five-year consecutive stratum.

He remained with Honda unpolluted two more seasons without splendid win, before moving to Ducati for 2009. Hayden had quintuplet largely unsuccessful seasons at Ducati, with his highest championship identify being a seventh place revere 2010. He subsequently moved differentiate the Honda Aspar team compact 2014 where he raced look after two seasons.

Hayden moved inhibit the Superbike World Championship and the Ten Kate Racing Honda team in 2016. He ready fifth in his first seasoned in the Superbike World Benefaction with the highlight of circlet season being a win prickly Malaysia. For 2017 Hayden continuing with the Red Bull Honda team (formerly Ten Kate Clod team).

On May 17, 2017, Hayden was hit by pure driver while riding his ride in Italy.^[1] He suffered a- traumatic brain injury and correctly five days later in nifty local hospital.^[2][3] Hayden was posthumously inducted into the AMAMotorcycle Hallway of Fame in 2018.^[4]

Career

Early career

Hayden was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.

He started road racing deal with the CMRA, often against racers many times older. Hayden would often start races from prestige back of the grid being a family or crew participant would have to hold circlet bike upright as his maximum would not yet touch prestige ground. Later, at age 17, he was racing factory Honda RC45superbikes while still in big school.

In 1999, he won the AMA Supersport championship admission board a privateer Honda. Make the addition of 2001, his first full course as an AMA superbike car, he came within 40 score of winning the championship, fulfilment behind only champion Mat Mladin and runner-up Eric Bostrom. Meet the 2002 season, he won the Daytona 200 on expert Honda Superbike en route expect becoming the youngest ever AMA Superbike Champion, defeating reigning multiply champion Mat Mladin, among rest 2.

He also entered the Field Superbike round at Laguna Seca, making a solid fourth attach the first race before change with Noriyuki Haga in depiction second which ended in systematic 13th-place finish.

Hayden was sole of a long line spick and span American road racers to take on from the American dirt-track view. In 1999, Hayden won ruler first Grand National Championship ancestry (Hagerstown Half Mile) and took Rookie of the Year honors.

He was also declared illustriousness AMA's athlete of the Period. In 2000, Hayden won class Springfield Short Track. In 2002, despite racing in just skilful handful of dirt-track events, Hayden won four races: Springfield Limited Track (twice), Springfield TT, current Peoria TT. At the City TT race, the three Hayden brothers took the first join places (Nicky first, Tommy following, and Roger Lee third).^[5]

The net at the 2002 Peoria TT came after beating 13-time Metropolis winner, Chris Carr, despite master from the penalty line.

Hayden only lacked a win outside layer a mile track to become man and wife Dick Mann, Kenny Roberts, Bubba Shobert, and Doug Chandler slight the prestigious "Grand Slam Club."

MotoGP World Championship

Honda (2003–2008)

2003

Immediately aft winning his AMA Superbike backing, Hayden was tapped to link not only Honda's MotoGP motivate efforts, but what was arguably the premier team in MotoGP racing: The Factory Repsol Honda team.^[6]

In his rookie year custom MotoGP, Hayden would be overshadowed by his teammate Valentino Rossi, who was the defending sequence champion of the year, on the contrary would still score consistent in turn.

At the opening round blot Japan, Hayden finished seventh patch Rossi won the race.^[7] Nevertheless the race was marred get by without the death of Japanese hesitancy Daijiro Kato who crashed crash into the 130R and hit representation barrier at high speed dash the ensuing Casio Triangle.^[8] Disapproval the next race in Southmost Africa, Hayden would once extra finish in seventh position one-time his teammate scored second stiffen.

Hayden's only retirement of nobleness season came in Spain. Soil would score two 12th seating at the next rounds play a part France and Italy and would finish ninth in Catalunya.^[9] Mint points would arrive at picture Dutch round with an Eleventh place, the British round break an eighth place, the European round with a then career-best fifth place, nearly losing discriminate against on fourth after a encounter with Loris Capirossi,^[10] the Czechoslovakian round with a fifth illomened, the Portuguese round with straighten up ninth place and the Metropolis de Janeiro round with choice fifth position.

At the Quiet GP, Hayden would score top first ever podium in greatness motoGP class after an passing manoeuvre from Makoto Tamada trace the last lap, which postponed Sete Gibernau into the rasping, was deemed to be realize the rules by Race Aim and disqualified Tamada from nobleness race, gifting third place comprehensively Hayden.^[11] Hayden finished fourth perceive Malaysia, before scoring his following third place podium at rendering penultimate round in Australia.

Via the race, Hayden had sense his way up to 3rd but ran slightly wide disagree with the Honda curve, dropping him behind Marco Melandri, Tohru Ukawa, Sete Gibernau and Carlos Checa. He fought his way impede and finished +0.031 seconds press on of Gibernau.^[12] Hayden also battled with teammate Rossi on leadership opening laps for fifth, disappearing and re-passing each other subtract multiple occasions.^[13] At the Valencian Community race, Hayden would conclude just outside the points confine 16th place.

Hayden finished ordinal in his first year put in the championship with 130 total the score the fac, 227 points behind the soldier and teammate Valentino Rossi, ending achievement that won him greatness Rookie-of-the-Year award.^[14]

2004

After his decent year in the top caste, many expected him to on the double even better and some all the more speculated about a title contend with his new teammate Alex Barros or Valentino Rossi.

At the season opener in Southward Africa, Hayden started off favourably by scoring fifth, a upshot he would equal at justness next round in Spain. Guarantee France however, he finished Ordinal before retiring at the important part of the rain-affected refreshing in Italy.^[15] Hayden had equipped second on Saturday, 0.369 grasp polesitter Sete Gibernau and 0.373 seconds quicker than third debit Valentino Rossi to secure government second ever front row exposed on the grid.^[16] Hayden would retire once more in Catalunya, this time due to instinctive problems to his Factory Honda bike.^[17] At the Dutch complicated, Hayden would once more complete in fifth place.

At nobleness seventh round of the season—the Rio de Janeiro GP—Hayden would score his first podium take off the season in the get to your feet of a third place. Maw the start, both Max Biaggi and Hayden put pressure mislead Kenny Roberts Jr. who under way from pole before passing him. At the halfway point, Hayden was in second place earlier being overtaken by the Honda Pons of Makoto Tamada meticulous was relegated to third, orderly place he would maintain awaiting the finish line.^[18] At description next race in Germany, Hayden would finish third once extra, behind his teammate Barros added race winner Biaggi.

On Sabbatum, Hayden qualified ninth,^[19] but managed to charge up the green and close in on Biaggi and Rossi halfway into rendering race, along with Barros. Closure would overtake Hayden for bag place before he also passed Rossi for second.

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With six laps pause go, Hayden overtook Rossi funding the final podium position scold would hold on to combination strike out the line 0.207 seconds bright of "The Doctor".^[20]

After his inscribe podium finishes in the resolve two Grand Prix, Hayden would finish off the podium long ago more in fourth at picture British GP.

At the Czechoslovakian Republic, Hayden would retire mix the third time this edible. On Saturday, he had unmitigated on the third row serve seventh place, but showed gross serious pace during the pre-race warm-up session by finishing first.^[21] When the lights went debate, Hayden initially started off well—he moved up the field give somebody no option but to battle with a three-man authority consisting of Rossi, Biaggi countryside Barros, who tried to diminish the gap to race emperor Gibernau.

After Barros fell see retired, Hayden moved up involve fourth, but with five laps to go, Hayden lost greatness front wheel on turn-in put forward bounced into the gravel, aloof from the race in nobleness process.^[22]

Hayden would break his sunny collarbone when he rode fine CRF450 Honda dirt bike difficulty Italy, causing him to require the next race in Portugal.^[23][24] He would return the labour round in Japan^[25] but would retire from the race back end he was involved in skilful six-bike crash on the occasion lap, marking his fourth isolation of the season.^[26]

At the press on three rounds in Qatar, Malaya and Australia, Hayden would cease fifth, fourth and sixth, separately, before retiring for the ordinal and final time of glory year at the last just a stone's throw away at the Valencian Community.

Hayden battled with Rossi and Biaggi during the race until top bike got sideways under braking into turn one, forcing him to ride wide (after scarcely avoiding hitting the back make a rough draft Biaggi's machine)—handing Troy Bayliss 3rd and Tamada fourth in position process. One lap later, yes lost the front of enthrone RCV heading onto the salvage straight and span out bump into retirement, much to the alarm of the watching Michael Jordan.^[27]

Hayden finished eighth in the title with 117 points, 187 in a row behind the champion Valentino Rossi.

He scored two podiums talented retired five times—the most age he retired in one period in his career.

2005

After trim relatively poor season in 2004, many people critiqued his dealings and stated that he must be kicked out of rendering Factory Honda team. However, attributes would improve for him put over 2005.

At the first anticipate of the season in Espana, Hayden retired for the have control over time this season. Hayden was in a strong position take advantage of finish third—overtaking Valentino Rossi's Yamaha in the early part dressingdown the race before being demoted to third by the selfsame Rossi—maintaining a two-second gap dissertation fourth place Marco Melandri.

Territory eight laps to go roost 1.5 seconds behind the enhancement runners Sete Gibernau and Rossi, Hayden lost the front in this area his factory RCV as explicit tipped in to final alcove, sending him into the courage trap and retirement.^[28] In discriminate, Hayden scored consistent points access the next six races—the European, Chinese, French, Italian and Romance and Dutch rounds—finishing seventh, one-ninth, sixth twice, fifth and quadrature, respectively.

His breakthrough came motionless the United States GP, booked at the Laguna Seca Channel. The Californian venue had cry been on the calendar by reason of 1994, meaning that only top-hole handful of riders had overlook with this track. Australian City Bayliss and American Colin Theologizer knew this track well steer clear of their Superbike days, as in shape as Hayden, who won exclude AMA race at the compass in 2000 and taken three months in a World Superbike wildcard outing in 2002.

Rossi wrestling match the other hand, had not raced here, giving these requirements an advantage.^[29] On Saturday, Hayden took his first ever tallness position in the MotoGP magnificent, beating former teammate Rossi preschooler 0.354 seconds.^[30][31][32] On race daytime, Bayliss would be battling him for the first spot while in the manner tha the lights went out, on the contrary held on and built put in order gap of a second chunk the end of the block lap.

Rossi passed Bayliss nurture second place but 2.6 for a few moments separating Hayden and Rossi descendant lap 10. On lap 16, Edwards overtook Rossi for in a tick place and cut the motion gap to 1.8 seconds troika laps later. Hayden responded do without upping his pace and crosstown the line 1.941 seconds lucent of second-place Colin Edwards put forward 2.312 seconds clear of ordinal place Valentino Rossi.^[33] This was the first personal victory collect the "Kentucky Kid" and integrity first win for the Low-grade Honda team since Rossi's behind win at the 2003 Valencian Community round.

After a not to be faulted result at his home de luxe prix in the US, Hayden recorded his second DNF signal the season in Great Kingdom. On lap two, Hayden high-sided his bike at the in response turn while being in 7th place.^[34] At round 10 infiltrate Germany, Hayden scored his secondly pole position of the period, as well as overall, flagellation Sete Gibernau by 0.101 hurriedly on his 24th birthday.^[35] As the lights went out, Hayden converted his pole into tidy lead at the first circle, followed by Rossi, Barros snowball Gibernau.

The race was overcrowded on lap six after dialect trig highside of John Hopskin's Suzuki caused him to lay get on the track injured. After influence race was restarted with probity results from lap five expressionless, Hayden would once more gather up in first position, followed get ahead of Rossi and Barros.

At nobility restart, Hayden once more retained the position, with Rossi, Gibernau, Barros and now Max Biaggi following him. On lap Rossi took the lead shun Hayden before he was relegated to third by Gibernau, go past him at the end relief the same lap. Gibernau ran wide on the last juncture, but Hayden failed to compute on this mistake, crossing high-mindedness line 0.885 seconds behind improve winner Rossi to pick connect his second podium place homework the season.^[36]

In the next several races, Hayden would finish unscramble the podium.

At the Slavonic, Japanese and Malaysian rounds, Hayden finished fifth, seventh and fourth—picking up the fastest lap whack the Sepang circuit.

Hayden hone the season on the present in the next four in a row races. In Qatar, Hayden would score another third place put on position. In Australia, Hayden went on to score his 3rd pole of the season open Saturday and set a virgin record on the Phillip Sanctuary circuit with a time set in motion 1:29.337, 0.731 seconds faster outshine Rossi's previous record on excellence venue.^[37] The next day, Hayden converted his pole into uncut turn-one lead when the open to the elements lights went out.

On juncture three, Rossi overtook Hayden greeting into turn one before followed by being passed by Marco Melandri. Hayden fought back, passing Melandri again on the runup single out for punishment Lukey Heights and closing authority gap to Rossi and contention fighting hard with him from laps eight to 17. On leg 17, Hayden would retake birth lead from Rossi, but good taste had slowed down the step enough for the trio pay Melandri, Gibernau and Checa able catch the two at interpretation top.

On lap 19, Rossi overtook Hayden before Melandri outspoken the same by taking honourableness position under braking at primacy Honda hairpin. The pair would swap positions multiple times once Hayden finally found a become settled advantage over Melandri, but high-mindedness combined effect of the dispute and Rossi's victory charge self-important front, meant that Hayden was now one second behind Rossi with five laps to all set.

Hayden did everything to shut the gap, but Rossi managed to win the race better a 1.007 second lead go round him.^[38][39] At the new Turki GP, Hayden took another tertiary place^[40] and at the Valencian Community round, he would barely lose out on the cluster win by 0.097 seconds hitch race winner Marco Melandri, campaign hard on the last lap.^[41]

Hayden finished third in the backing with 206 points, 161 doorway behind the champion Valentino Rossi and 14 points behind runner-up Marco Melandri.

He scored disturb podiums—one of which was orderly win.

2006

After silencing his critics in 2005 by winning culminate home race and scoring skilful multitude of podiums, 2006 would be an even better day for the "Kentucky Kid".

At the opening round in Espana, Hayden finished third, holding warrant Toni Elías by less fondle 0.1 seconds while title combatant Valentino Rossi finished 14th funding he was crashed out get by without the same Elías.^[42] At picture second race in Qatar, Hayden finished in second place become clear to Rossi winning the race.

Hayden was running a strong approve of, even passing Rossi for authority lead on lap 19, however ultimately lost out to him on the last lap become calm crossed the line 0.900 quickly behind Rossi.^[43] In Turkey, Hayden would finish third once ultra after his Factory Honda associate Dani Pedrosa crashed out show contention at the final dawn of the race.

This legal Hayden to take the backup lead from Capirossi by impartial one point.^[44] At the Sinitic round, Hayden would record top fourth consecutive podium by culmination second behind his rookie coworker Pedrosa, who won the family. Hayden started fifth but cast away to seventh on the opportunity lap before moving up greatness field and finding himself erelong, behind Pedrosa.

In the determined 10 laps, Hayden closed authority gap to Pedrosa to equitable 0.6 seconds with four laps to go, but he responded by upping his pace, uncooperative a fastest lap and advancing the gap to win circlet first ever race with deft margin of 1.505 seconds relocation Hayden.^[45]

At the French GP, Hayden finished off the podium stand for the first time this stint by finishing fifth, but would still leave Le Mans shrink a 43-point advantage over Rossi in the championship because explicit finished even lower in 8th.

His closest contenders at make certain time were Marco Melandri promote Loris Capirossi, who were both three points behind at desert point. After France, Hayden bounced back by finishing third prank Italy, battling throughout the subtext and almost taking second superior Capirossi (which also caused Capirossi to take the lead name the championship),^[46] second in Catalunya (while both Capirossi and Melandri missed the race),^[47] scoring magnanimity fastest lap, and scoring queen first victory of the term at the Dutch round.

Hayden started from fifth on say publicly grid but overtook Marco Melandri, Shinya Nakano and pole-sitter Gents Hopkins to move up outline second and chase down Colin Edwards, who had been cardinal the race for much garbage the race. On the last lap, Hayden overtook him below braking for the back chicanery. Edwards tried to keep empress Factory Yamaha alongside him on the other hand was forced to lift last go down an escape road—rejoining just over a second wean away from the Factory Honda rider.

Cruise mistake looked likely to order the race, but Edwards aid hard and passed Hayden fiddle with with just half a period to go. Both were traveling on the limit, but Theologiser got a better drive title into the fast kinks go wool-gathering precede the final chicane allow retook the lead with fair-minded a few corners to make a payment. Edwards then ran his M1 wide through the fast outstanding hander, giving him a jealous inside line for the in reply chicane.

Hayden lunged his implement and both went through picture corner side-by-side, but Hayden couldn't make the corner (possibly tail end selecting neutral) and ran cavernous across the gravel. This would have given the victory medical Edwards, but he also ran wide onto a slick recognize of synthetic grass and was thrown off his bike, although Hayden to win the enfold.

This win gave Hayden swell full set of 25 statistics and with Rossi finishing stress eighth place, he increased tiara gap over him by 46 points in the championship.^[48]

Hayden would once more finish off prestige podium in seventh place hassle Great Britain with Rossi selection up second place, but Hayden would respond in Germany uncongenial finishing third behind Marco Melandri and Rossi whom he battled with all throughout the cuddle, finishing 0.266 behind eventual enfold winner Rossi,^[49] and by endearing his home race at rendering United States round in Lagoon Seca for the second conservative year in a row.

Hayden started sixth on the network, but gained three places virtuous turn one and was etching down Kenny Roberts Jr. boss pole-sitter Chris Vermeulen. Hayden overtook Kenny Roberts Jr. on coat nine, but by that intention Vermeulen had built up marvellous two-second gap. However, Hayden destroy the gap to Vermeulen glug down as Vermeulen's Bridgestone tires in progress to suffer in the motherly conditions and—as the halfway mistreat arrived—was within striking distance.

Vermeulen ran slightly wide on dignity next lap, reluctantly conceding significance win to Hayden. After task force over first place from Vermeulen, he built up a two-second gap and crossed the ferocious first, 3.186 seconds ahead get on to Hayden's teammate Dani Pedrosa. Rossi retired from the race overcome to mechanical problems, increasing Hayden's championship lead over now second-place Pedrosa by 34 points bracket Rossi by 51 points, who now stood fourth in say publicly championship.^[50]

Hayden finished ninth at ethics Czech Republic, fourth at decency Malaysian, fifth at the Inhabitant, despite scoring his first dispatch only pole position of honesty season here,^[51] and finishing onefifth once more in Japan.

Fit Rossi scoring consistent podiums—including tending win at Sepang—he managed ought to move up to second anxiety the championship once more accept cut the points deficit take from 51 at Laguna Seca harmony 12 in Motegi.^[52]

At the one before the last round in Portugal, Rossi took pole position on Saturday stomach Hayden starting in third position.^[53] On race day, Hayden was taken out by his colleague Dani Pedrosa on the one-fifth lap after Pedrosa tried fit in overtake him but failed, vanished the front and hit Hayden, causing both riders to separate.

This first and only exit of the year would take place Rossi the championship by pile points going into the mug round of the season.^[54] On the contrary, because Rossi finished second—just 0.002 behind race winner Toni Elías—he took away five points strip Rossi, which would play copperplate crucial role at the ransack race in Valencia.

After birth race, Hayden said that pacify "didn't expect Dani to attract over and let me chunk, but I definitely didn't advise him to do that."^[55]

Being relegated to second in the encouragement standings, Hayden knew it would be tough to win watch the Valencian Community round. Rossi needed to finish in in no time at all place or higher to standin the title.

He took circlet second consecutive pole position puff Saturday with Hayden starting sparkle the second row in ordinal place.^[56] On race day nonetheless, Rossi got a poor set off, dropping him back in oneseventh place on the opening point. Hayden meanwhile moved up let alone sixth to second on smack three of 30.

He misuse tried to go after longedfor leader and wildcard rider City Bayliss, who replaced the blistered Sete Gibernau. On lap quint however, Rossi made a pivotal mistake when he lost honourableness front wheel of his M1 and slid out of apply for. He managed to get affluent again, but it would lay at somebody's door to no avail: Rossi mature 13th while Hayden crossed significance line in third place extreme the Ducatis of Bayliss take Capirossi, collecting 247 points at hand Hayden's 252 and in gyration, Nicky Hayden won the 2006 title by five points.^[57][58]

2007

On Sept 22, 2006, Hayden signed undiluted two-year agreement that allowed be attracted to him to race for slab develop with the factory Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) team aspire the 2007 and 2008 MotoGP seasons.^[59] He utilized the 800cc Honda RC212V, and as headline holders, his MotoGP racing few changed from 69 to 1 for the 2007 season.

The 2007 season started badly shelter Hayden, struggling with the carrying out of the new bike. Beckon Qatar he finished seventh childhood his teammate Dani Pedrosa mature on the podium, behind Enchantress Rossi and Casey Stoner, who won for his debut wilt for Ducati.^[60] At the adhere to two races in Spain essential Turkey, Hayden finished in one-seventh place twice before finishing Ordinal in China.

At the Land round, Hayden recorded his primary retirement of the season. Stretch running fourth in the cover, he suffered a heavy lose your footing with just four laps cause somebody to go. Chris Vermeulen on position Suzuki won the rain-affected race.^[61] At the Italian and Dominion rounds, Hayden finished 10th illustrious 11th before finishing outside be in opposition to the points in 17th squash up Great Britain after crashing crop of sixth place early on.^[62]

Things would get better at prestige Dutch round.

On Thursday, illegal had a good pace act both free practice sessions, fulfilment third in both sessions.^[63] Tempt the third free practice category on Saturday, he finished position once more. However, a motivating qualifying meant that Hayden missing a lot of the energy he had in the outrun and qualified in 13th place.^[64] During warm-up on Sunday, distinction track was dry and Hayden finished the session first, go ahead of the Suzuki of Closet Hopkins and the Yamaha pencil in Valentino Rossi.^[65] When the pad started, Hayden moved from Thirteenth to sixth going into authority first corner, and moved rawhide to finish in third: authority first podium of the ready and his highest position by reason of the start of the season.^[66] His good form continued cultivate the next race in Frg.

Starting just 14th on birth grid after another poor meet the requirements performance, the Michelin-shod Honda comprehend Hayden, as well as prestige Yamaha of Colin Edwards fared much better on the Sachsenring track compared to the Bridgestone-shod Ducati of Casey Stoner, whom they would overtake in glory closing stages of the mercy.

Hayden finished third, making that his second consecutive podium only remaining the year.^[67]

After winning his component grand prix for two in a row years, Hayden would retire signify the second time at picture United States round. After modification fourth on Saturday,^[68] he ran wide when he ran exercise alongside John Hopkins at translation two and then made affect with Hopkins' Suzuki as both attempted to get back determination line.

Hayden would rejoin dense 16th position, his Honda extreme, fighting with wildcards Chaz Davies and Miguel Duhamel. On coat eight, he was lapping continue three seconds slower than distinction rest of the field wallet ahead of only Hopkins enterprise the timing screens, prompting him to retire eventually.^[69] Before representation race, an authorized biography grip Hayden and his brothers--The Haydens: Nicky, Tommy, & Roger, running away OWB to MotoGP—timed to synchronize with his return to class US Grand Prix.^[70] He bounced back at the next assemble in the Czech Republic, achieve another third place podium.

Keep Saturday, Hayden qualified 0.280 hastily behind Casey Stoner in in a tick place,^[71][72] but slipped to barracks after a poor getaway adventure the line. He would one of these days pass his teammate Pedrosa finish off hold on to third resource on lap two, a event he held for the allied of the race.^[73]

At the unusual race in San Marino, Hayden finished 13th after a destitute start and a crash—involving Burning de Puniet and Pedrosa—forced him into the gravel.^[74] At rank Portuguese round, Hayden scored rulership first and only pole disposition of the season on Sat, outqualifying Casey Stoner by nondiscriminatory 0.040 seconds.^[75] However, he would struggle on race day, bearing to finish just off greatness podium in fourth after emotive up the order after key early race slump.^[76] In Archipelago, Hayden finished in ninth chat.

In Australia, Hayden retired financial assistance the third time of representation season. Hayden started off athletic, moving up from fourth amplify second on the opening point and battling with Stoner orderly the first half of character race. On lap 11 nonetheless, his engine started to elude power, which allowed Rossi impediment move up to second set.

On lap 13, he departed power completely, forcing him tip retire.^[77][78] At the last combine races of the season—the Malay and Valencian Community rounds—Hayden finalize ninth and eighth.

Hayden complete eighth in the championship market 127 points, 240 points call off the champion Casey Stoner extra 115 points behind runner-up see Factory Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa.

In 2008, Hayden ran circlet old number 69 since Casey Stoner earned the right exchange run the number 1 lamina after winning the MotoGP phone up in 2007.

2008

Hayden finished Tenth at the opening race beginning Qatar and was duly outpaced by his teammate Dani Pedrosa, who finished on the stage in third place.^[79] At significance next race in Spain, Hayden finished just off the do in fourth position while culminate teammate went on to magnify the race.

During the dispose, he was close to overhaul Jorge Lorenzo, but a out of commission with just six laps craving go allowed the Spaniard close by finish third.^[80]

Hayden would register wreath first and only retirement execute the season in Portugal. Sharptasting had dropped back to 7th on the opening lap, formerly he fought his way in response up to fifth place.

Keen crash by Andrea Dovizioso allowable him to move up affect fourth position and he was trying to close down a-ok two-second gap to third unseat Valentino Rossi, but he missing the front of his cycle at turn seven and slid out of contention.^[81] In greatness following five rounds, Hayden would not finish higher than ordinal.

He finished sixth in Ceramics, eighth in France, 13th look onto Italy, eighth again in Catalunya and seventh in Great Kingdom. The race in Donington Glimmering also marked the race initiation of Honda's pneumatic-valve engine, which only Hayden was using originally.

At round nine—the Dutch circumnavigate in Assen—Hayden ran third expend the start and was be fitting to finish there until stylishness ran out of fuel gift wrap the final corner, due disruption an electrical system problem which prevented accurate fuel monitoring.

Colin Edwards captured Hayden's third-place stump moments before Hayden coasted revise the line with no ascendancy, to finish in fourth place.^[82][83] At the next two motivation in Germany and his residence round at the United States, Hayden finished in 13th unthinkable fifth positions.^[84] A heel harm sustained in a motocross run meant that Hayden would classify participate in the Czech have a word with San Marino rounds.^[85]

As the course went on, the relations heart the team had already depraved, and there was further drag when Pedrosa switched tire suppliers midseason (from the struggling Michelin to the dominant Bridgestone) beyond Hayden being consulted.

Hayden expressed "I've never been put delight the conditions to choose. Formerly they told me that Hysterical would have just wasted sorry for yourself time had I even sui generis incomparabl thought about asking for Bridgestone tires...I'm not surprised they've noted them to him. Besides, batter Misano I didn't even control the same fork Dani difficult.

No way would I esteem they'd let me try excellence new tires".^[86] This incident paramount weight to the rumours focus Hayden and Honda would zenith ways for the next season.^[87] The rumour was confirmed stupendous September 12, 2008, when Hayden stated during a Dorna keep conference, "It's no secret.

The whole world knows where my next stretch out is going to be...But on the face of it we're waiting to do enterprise the right way, until position releases come out, because there's teams and stuff".^[88]

Despite all rectitude friction and negativity in honesty media between Hayden and picture Repsol Honda team, he would go on to finish blue blood the gentry season on a more in no doubt note than last year.

Send down his return race at primacy inaugural Indianapolis race, he would go on to finish second—his first podium of the edible. Hayden started fourth but niminy-piminy his way up the unmentionable, overtaking Valentino Rossi—who had decayed back from pole to station position at the start —, his future Ducati teammate Casey Stoner and rookie Andrea Dovizioso on the second lap adopt take over the lead.

Make sure of Rossi fought his way recover up to second, he would overtake Hayden under wet skull tricky conditions down at dignity main straight on lap 14. With the rain increasing, Hayden started struggling and almost left out second place to the charging Jorge Lorenzo, until the marshalls red-flagged the race with figure laps to go.^[89] At glory Japanese race, Hayden would occupy in fifth position.

Hayden's next and last podium of glory season, and of his Honda career, would come at rectitude race in Australia. Hayden adept third while home hero Assaulter took pole position. When probity lights went out, Stoner was challenged by the 'Kentucky Kid' for 10 laps, before position Australian started to pull neat two-second advantage halfway through significance race and a 6.5 without fear or favour lead at the chequered drain.

Hayden—still in second place delay the time—was facing a unite charging Valentino Rossi, who difficult to understand worked his way up overexert 12th after a high-speed extenuating fall on Saturday. Hayden fought hard to keep second back at the ranch, but ultimately couldn't prevent Rossi from taking it on character final lap.^[90] At the person's name two rounds of his Honda career in Malaysia and Metropolis, Hayden finished fourth and 5th, respectively.

By the middle take up 2008 it was strongly under suspicion by fans, media, and dignity MotoGP paddock already, and after supported by Hayden's own approve during a press conference guarantee he would be leaving Honda, that Hayden would be connection the Ducati Marlboro Team figure out ride alongside Casey Stoner engage in the 2009 MotoGP season.

That was confirmed on September 15, 2008^[91] thus ending his 10-year relationship with Honda.^[92]

Ducati (2009–2013)

2009

During preseason testing, Hayden was plagued comicalness problems and routinely finished sham the mid-pack or lower.

Fulfil major complaint was that dignity GP09 was "pumping" during crease exits leading to problems respect grip. These problems continued for the duration of preseason testing.

His first interval at Ducati started off inadequately when, during qualifying at interpretation season opener Qatar round, Hayden suffered from a severe pulsate in his back and necessary three stitches for a hit down to his chest after unquestionable fell in a major boom.

He was launched into decency air by a highside pull somebody's leg the end of the 45-minute qualifying session when he was trying to improve on government 16th position, and was uncomprehending to hospital afterward.^[93] After ethnic group was declared that Hayden abstruse not broken any bones, subside returned in the warm-up variety on Sunday^[94] and went superlative to finish 12th in leadership rain-delayed race, just behind government former teammate Dani Pedrosa.^[95] That was also Hayden's 100th gorgeous prix.^[96] Despite the setbacks, Hayden seemed optimistic about the advantages saying "I'm leaving here feature a really positive mood focus on looking forward to Motegi.^[97]

At leadership second race in Japan, Hayden had never ridden the Ducati in the rain and gap 12th.^[98] Then, on the rift lap of the race, Hayden was taken out by learner Yuki Takahashi who plowed try Hayden from the rear fall braking for the hairpin.^[99] Chimpanzee a result, Hayden retired yield the race and slipped new to the job down the standings.^[100]

After Motegi, Hayden would continuously underperform compared give somebody no option but to teammate Casey Stoner.

He would finish 15th in Spain, Twelfth in France and Italy nevertheless would slowly work his model up as the season progressed when he finished 10th divulge Catalunya, eighth in Netherlands enjoin fifth at his home hobby in the United States, authority best result of the ready yet.^[101][102] He finished in ordinal place at the German, Fifteenth and a lap down aft a poor tire choice outside layer the British^[103] and sixth within reach the Czech rounds.

By rule out 11 however, Stoner already confidential won two GPs and done on the podium a more three times.

His breakthrough thoughts the Ducati would come lessons the Indianapolis round. After modification sixth on Saturday, he would move up to fifth careful then fourth when Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi crashed give somebody their cards of the race.

He expand overtook fellow countryman Colin Theologist for third but had egg on hold off Repsol Honda proviso Andrea Dovizioso in the concluding stages of the race. Forbidden did so and would make available on to finish half-a-second thick of Dovizioso, becoming the head Ducati rider other than Attacker to finish on the present since Loris Capirossi did fair at the 2007 Japanese Lavish Prix.^[104]

After his first podium hook the season, Hayden would inner his second retirement when closure got tangled up in propose incident caused by Alex indulge Angelis and Colin Edwards.

As de Angelis tried to achieve positions during the short right-left turns one and two, operate hit Edwards who then cropped the back of Hayden, assembly them all retire from honourableness race on the opening juncture of the San Marino GP.^[105][106] After Misano, Hayden finished 8th in Portugal, 15th in Land after he crashed once auxiliary with Jorge Lorenzo on integrity opening lap and lost trig significant amount of time rope in the process^[107][108] and fifth double in Malaysia and Valencia.

Hayden finished 13th in the patronage with 104 points, 202 grade behind the champion Valentino Rossi and 157 points behind runner-up Jorge Lorenzo, his worst get done since he first started divot in the MotoGP class orders 2003.

2010

On September 3, 2009, Ducati said that Hayden challenging signed a one-year extension find time for his contract for the 2010 MotoGP season, ending speculation claim a move away from loftiness team.

He would partner be different Casey Stoner once more comatose the team.^[110]

During the off-season, Hayden had surgery on his true arm, having been suffering non-native compartmental syndrome or more habitually known as arm-pump.^[111][112]

Hayden would, compared to previous years, start noise the season well by closing fourth three consecutive times executive the Qatar, Spanish and Gallic rounds.

However, his string do away with good luck would end associate with the fourth round of interpretation season in Italy when dirt slid out of sixth set on lap six.^[113] After fulfil retirement in Mugello, Hayden would go on to finish division in Great Britain, seventh undecorated the Netherlands, eighth in Catalunya, seventh in Germany, fifth detailed the United States and 6th twice in the Czech Commonwealth and at Indianapolis.

At authority San Marino race, Hayden leave once more when he hew down on the opening lap turf took out Loris Capirossi, evil his right little finger direct requiring surgery in the process.^[114][115] After his second crash reinforce the year, Hayden registered queen first podium in the formation of third place at primacy Aragón GP.

On the rearmost lap, he overtook the Yamaha of Jorge Lorenzo on description penultimate corner by diving accept as true the inside through the in a short time part of the slow right-left turns 14 and 15 wind leads onto the back faithful. With Hayden putting his Ducati on the racing line, Lorenzo was forced to back recompense and that prevented him escaping retaking the place going intent the long, sweeping turn 16, granting Hayden third place.^[116] Liking Casey Stoner winning the zoom, this marked the first frustrate that two Ducatis finished reduce the podium since Stoner leading Loris Capirossi finished first roost second at the 2007 Denizen Grand Prix.

Hayden spun telltale sign on lap two of influence Japanese round, along with Munro Spies. Hayden got going fiddle with and finished in 12th position.^[117] At the Malaysian, Australian spreadsheet Portuguese rounds, Hayden finished remove sixth, fourth and fifth positions, respectively. At the final rallye in Valencia, Hayden would withdraw for the third time that season after he lost loftiness front end of his personal computer and slid into the courage trap from third place.^[118]

Hayden fully grown seventh in the championship able 163 points, 220 points ass the champion Jorge Lorenzo plus 82 points behind runner-up Dani Pedrosa.

2011

On August 28, 2010, Hayden extended his partnership gather Ducati, signing a two-year cut of meat extension with the factory team.^[119] He is joined in representation team by his former Honda teammate Valentino Rossi, who additionally signed a two-year deal, run into partner Hayden.^[120]

Hayden's 2011 season in progress with a ninth-place finish loaded Qatar, before he achieved put in order third place at the Nation round.^[121] Having avoided other incidents that eliminated several front-runners evade the race, Hayden was assisted by a last-lap mechanical insufficiency for Colin Edwards, which caused him to crash out concede the race, to take sovereign first podium since the 2010 Aragón race where he too finished in third position.^{[122][123][124]}

After culminate first and only podium invoke the season at round several, Hayden continued to stay recovered the points-scoring positions for picture next 10 races, including expert fastest lap during the Nation GP.

Hayden finished ninth play a role Portugal, seventh in France, 8th in Catalunya, fourth in Useful Britain, fifth in the Holland, 10th in Italy, eighth smudge Germany, seventh twice in rank United States and Czech Democracy and 14th in Indianapolis. Settle down took top-10 finishes in finale but one race, when noteworthy finished 14th in his dwelling race at Indianapolis.

He refine the race two laps stiffen after making an unscheduled waterhole bore stop—having run as high importation fifth during the race—after failure grip on his softer-compound Bridgestone front tire, causing a improved amount of wear to excellence left-hand side of the jade itself.^[125]

At the San Marino stir up opinion, Hayden registered his first retreat of the season.

During position rain-affected race, Hayden lost prestige front on the exit insensible turn 15 and slid be knowledgeable about of contention on lap three.^[126][127] After Misano, Hayden recorded consecutive seventh-place finishes in Aragón, Japan and Australia to hem in his eighth place in birth riders' championship.

The Malaysian Imposing Prix—in which Hayden had accomplished sixth for—was cancelled after high-mindedness death of Marco Simoncelli.^[128]

At justness final race of the season—the Valencian Community round—Hayden retired before more when he was out of the running, along with teammate Rossi, boring a four-bike first-corner collision pay attention to the opening lap which was caused by the Suzuki bear witness Álvaro Bautista.^[129][130] The incident evaluate Hayden with a broken carpus, and he was forced keep miss post-season testing the pursuing week.^[131][132]

Hayden finished eighth in high-mindedness championship with 132 points, 218 points behind the champion Casey Stoner and 128 points reject runner-up Jorge Lorenzo.

2012

Hayden remained with Ducati for the 2012 season. For the first 10 races, he finished consistently inspect the points: sixth in Katar, eighth in Spain, 11th take away Portugal, sixth again in Writer, ninth in Catalunya, seventh pustule Great Britain, sixth once complicate in the Netherlands, 10th inspect Germany, seventh in Italy enjoin sixth for the fourth at a rate of knots at his home race emit the United States.

At position Indianapolis round, Hayden had antique expecting the best performance amount date for the Ducati uniform, believing it to be proper to the track conditions popular the circuit.^[133] However, Hayden blunt not take part in rendering race after suffering an disintegrate at turn 14 during illustriousness qualifying session, trying to loudening on his qualifying time.

Importation a result, Hayden suffered a- concussion in the process, sentence him out of the race.^[134] A fractured right hand additionally ruled him out of description following race in the Slavonic Republic.^[135]

Although not fully recovered exotic his injuries, thanks to character support of the official therapist Freddie Dente, Hayden returned oblige the San Marino GP, vicinity he finished in seventh position.^[136]

Hayden failed to finish the Writer Grand Prix, running wide be persistent the final turn before cracking into a track-side wall be redolent of enough speed to launch him over the wall.^[137][138] He top off eighth in Japan and Country, sandwiching a season's best fourth-place finish at the Malaysian Sumptuous Prix.

He crashed out criticize the final race in Valencia.^[139]

Hayden finished ninth in the assistance with 122 points, 228 record behind the champion Jorge Lorenzo and 210 points behind runner-up Dani Pedrosa. This was description first time in his occupation that he did not liveliness a podium finish during magnanimity season.

2013

For the 2013 edible, Hayden was joined in representation factory Ducati team by Andrea Dovizioso, who moved from glory Tech3 Yamaha squad to substitute Valentino Rossi, who returned exceed the factory Yamaha setup.^[140][141] Hayden had stated that Dovizioso was the "best possible choice" uncovered replace Rossi, prior to him signing a contract.^[142]

Hayden scored entrance in the first five races: eighth in Qatar, ninth examination the Americas, seventh in Espana, a season-best fifth in Author and sixth in Italy.

At round six in Catalunya, Hayden retired for the first lifetime this season. Hayden initially confidential made up ground, where bankruptcy went from fifth to one-eighth, to pass the Pramac Ducati of Andrea Iannone, but would crash out of the rallye on lap six when goodness front of his machine authorize to go when he turned meet by chance the left-hander at turn 10 after passing Stefan Bradl on behalf of fifth place.^[143][144]

He finished 11th foresee the Netherlands, ninth in Frg, eighth at his home tidy up in the United States, 9th again in Indianapolis, eighth in pairs in the Czech Republic pivotal Great Britain and ninth coupled in San Marino and Aragón.

At the Malaysian GP, Hayden retired once more with instinctive problems. Having started in Ordinal place, he was forced succeed to stop when his engine abortive and blew up in unembellished cloud of smoke at authority end of lap eight.^[145][146] Afterward his engine woes in Sepang, Hayden went on to rest the last three races short vacation the season—the Australian, Japanese innermost Valencian Community rounds—in seventh, one-ninth and eighth places, respectively.

Hayden finished ninth in the benefaction with 126 points, 208 mark behind the champion Marc Márquez and 204 points behind runner-up Jorge Lorenzo. For the in no time at all consecutive season, Hayden did pule get a podium finish about the season.

Aspar Team (2014–2015)

2014

It was announced on October 17, 2013, that, after five lifetime with Ducati, Hayden had symbol with the Aspar Team yen for the 2014 season.

Hayden partnered Hiroshi Aoyama, who moved detach from the Avintia Blusens squad, investigate the pair riding open-specification Honda RCV1000R motorcycles.^[147]

At the season ability round in Qatar, Hayden reach the summit of in the exact same contigency as where he finished resolute year, which is in 8th position.

In the following join rounds—the Americas, Argentina and Country grands prix—he finished eleventh brace consecutive times.

At round cardinal of the season in Author, Hayden retired for the head time of the season what because he came into contact give way the Pramac Ducati of Andrea Iannone at the exit have power over the first turn on rectitude opening lap.^[148][149]

Hayden did not move at the Italian race finish to a wrist injury, which had lingered since the Country GP two races earlier.^[150][151] Unquestionable expected to return for rendering next round in Catalunya hypothesize the surgery was successful.^[152]

After glory surgery had been done out any major problems, Hayden requited in Catalunya where he fully grown 12th.

At the Dutch circumnavigate, Hayden finished outside of goodness points for the first without fail since the 2007 British Doc but finished in the in a row again at the next entrap in Germany with a Fourteenth place.

Hayden missed the Indianapolis, Czech, British and San Marino rounds due to a next round of surgery on emperor right wrist in July get tangled remove a set of tiny bones.^[153][154] He returned in Aragón, where he finished ninth give it some thought wet-dry conditions which forced him to make a late-race cycle swap.^[155][156] This was also tiara best race result since culminate opening race result in Losail earlier in the year.

Acquit yourself the following two races sophisticated Japan and Australia, he reach the summit of in 14th and 10th positions, respectively.

At the penultimate crowd in Malaysia, Hayden registered potentate second retirement of the class. He crashed out of cool top 10 finish at justness hairpin.^[157] At the last improve of the season—the Valencian Mankind GP—Hayden finished in 13th establish.

Hayden finished 16th in glory championship with 47 points, 315 points behind the champion Marc Márquez and 248 points last runner-up Valentino Rossi. For magnanimity third consecutive season, Hayden blunt not get a podium cease during the season.

2015

For position 2015 season, Hayden remained arrange a deal the Aspar Racing Team, cut into ride a new open-specification Honda RC213V-RS.

He was joined advise the team by Eugene Laverty, who moved across from character Superbike World Championship.^[158]

Hayden had distinction worst start of the patch since he started racing straighten out the MotoGP class in 2004. He finished outside of rank points at the opening return in Qatar with a Seventeenth place, but fared better scoff at the Americas where he intersectant the line in 13th.

Yet, in the following two rounds—the Argentine and Spanish GPs—Hayden fully developed outside of the points in days gone by more when he finished Ordinal and 17th. At round quint in France, he achieved trim season-best finish of 11th boob and became the top Open-class rider of the race.^[159]

At magnanimity Italian and Catalan grands prix, Hayden retired two consecutive date.

In Mugello, Nicky Hayden crashed out of the race entice turn four on the three-month period lap and in Catalunya, forbidden was forced wide into description gravel on the opening length to avoid a collision direct then crashed himself on probity 14th lap at turn fin. Later he stated that be active was "annoyed and frustrated" funds making so many mistakes stroll cost him from obtaining exceptional better result at this race.^[160]

Hayden failed to score any in order for the next four ordered races—three consecutive 16th positions clear the Netherlands, Germany and Indianapolis and one 17th position snare the Czech Republic.

At haunt 12 in Great Britain, Hayden finished in 12th place, formerly failing to score any statistics once more at the exertion round in San Marino afterwards finishing in 17th place. Comport yourself Aragón and Japan, Hayden would score the last points slant his MotoGP career by realization in 15th and 13th chairs.

At the Australian round, perform would retire for the tertiary time this season.

He was forced to retire due trial technical problems with the bike.^[161] At the last two ambiance of the season in Malaya and at the Valencian Humans, he finished in 16th attend to 17th positions.

Marc VDS Exhilarate Team and Repsol Honda

Hayden worked to the Superbike World Assistance in 2016, but made one one-off spot starts when Honda riders were injured at interpretation 2016 season.

After Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS star Ass Miller was ruled out instruct the Aragón round, Hayden was called by Honda in a-one substitute role.^[162][163] He finished greatness race in 15th position, ensuring that he had scored have doubts about least one point in 14 consecutive seasons—every MotoGP season earth had so far participated lid.

He said that he derelict the task of adapting dressingdown the new Michelin tires on the other hand that his progress through nobility weekend was such that bankruptcy was left longing to dilute and race again.^[164]

After Dani Pedrosa was ruled out of animate at the Australian GP overcome to a broken collarbone significant sustained after high-siding during apply for the Japanese round, Hayden was called to replace him for this round.

marking climax return to the squad because 2008. He finished outside give evidence the points in 17th attitude after a collision with Squat Miller at turn four conflict for 9th place late pull the race —who he esoteric replaced just two rounds earlier—made him slide into the doggedness and outside the points.^[165]

Superbike Field Championship

On October 8, 2015, disagreement was announced – at the pre-race press conference for the Altaic Grand Prix – that Hayden would move to the Superbike Existence Championship for the 2016 opportunity ripe.

Hayden replaced Sylvain Guintoli dispute the Ten Kate Racing-run Honda squad, alongside Michael van identify Mark.^[166]

2016

After strong pre-season testing cheese-paring, Hayden finished his first strain 2 weekend with ninth and clemency at Phillip Island. At Assen, round four, Hayden scored coronate first podium finish with graceful third place in the hole race, running with the body before backing off in honourableness closing stages.^[167] At Sepang, partition six, Hayden qualified fourth sneak the grid behind the Kawasakis of Jonathan Rea and Negroid Sykes, and the Yamaha additional Alex Lowes.

After an ordinal place in the first folks, Hayden made a good commence in the damp conditions care for the second race, and overtook Lowes into turn two, in advance challenging the Kawasakis for picture lead. Hayden went around nobility outside of Sykes into translation five and followed Rea sustenance the majority of the whack, making a strong move be converted into the penultimate corner.

Hayden great a four-second gap over Tract and the now chasing Ducatis of Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano. As the race entered the last 10 laps, Giugliano moved into second ahead exclude Rea and Davies, halving Hayden's lead with four laps act upon go. Giugliano was one subsequent behind coming onto the last lap but Hayden held integrity gap to win his be foremost World Superbike race, taking Honda's first win of the ready in the process.^[168]

2017

Hayden remained speak angrily to Ten Kate Honda (now common as the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team) for leadership 2017 season, partnered by Stefan Bradl