October 8, 2015
Confirmed – Hayden to WSBK with Aspar Honda
Confirmed – Hayden to WSBK with Aspar Honda
Looking forward to seeing him in WSBK.
Nout below here, but their are strong rumors that Honda will have an updated or possibly new CBR1000rr fireblade for 2016. Its due to be presented at the Tokyo Motor Show, the end of this month.
Meanwhile in other news, it looks bad for Melandri, no seat yet in WSBK for 2016 and they are nearly all full !!
Laverty better get his finger out and take the Aprilia deal :shifty:
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The news had been expected for days, but only in Japan today Nicky Hayden has signed two-year contract that ties him to the Ten Kate Honda . Once checked his desire to leave the MotoGP to move to the premier class of the derived from the series, the American pilot had received several proposals, but ultimately what convinced the most was that of the Ten Kate team, supported by Honda Europe. A Dutch team, an American pilot and a Japanese company, but the deal has been ably led by an Italian Marco Chini Honda SBK project manager. Chini worked weeks to bring in the Superbike of MotoGP world champion of 2006 and finally this morning in Japan, signing Nicky ended the affair of motogp and now the US is officially teammate Michael VdMark .
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Nicky Hayden
“My next step will be the Superbike with Honda! I’m very excited, of course, to be able to stay with Honda. With the Japanese I learned the most important achievements of my career. The Superbike is a championship that I have always closely followed as a child, also because in the past we have raced and won many American pilots. I think this is the right time and the right team to go in Superbike. I know I have a lot to learn and this will be a great challenge for me, but I am very motivated and I want to start learning all I can. I would like to thank all those who supported me in my career in MotoGP. We spent very beautiful moments, but now it’s time to move on and try something different. “
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Michael van der Mark
, “I look forward to 2016! This season we have made much progress with the CBR and I believe that the experience gained with this bike in every track is a good base to start from. We have improved our bike in the final race and that allowed us to stay with the first, which is that to which we aiming for all year. The next goal, of course, is the victory. I think in my second season on CBR I will aim to do more podiums and fight to win. I am happy that Nicky is my teammate next year and I think we can learn a lot from each other during the season. “
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Marco Chini – Honda WSBK Operations Manager
“We are naturally very pleased to announce that Nicky Hayden will be the teammate of Michael on the Honda CBR Fireblade in the Superbike World Championship 2016. The team has worked hard this season, continuing the development of the bike especially in electronics with Cosworth and we’re really happy that this effort has translated into excellent performance by both riders, particularly in the last races. These results showed that the CBER still has great potential and are happy that they could influence the decision of Nicky and cause him to be part of our project. We are certain that the experience he gained at the highest level of our sport can help the team to continue the development of the bike.
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