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Following a promising test after the race inThursday. The target for the weekend will
Spain, Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa arrivedobviously be to repeat last year's win, I'd
at Donington confident of putting in strongbe  very  happy  with  that."
performances for the upcoming British Grand
Prix."We always knew Barcelona would be one of the
hardest circuits for us. Now we are at
Pedrosa, third in the riders' pointDonington, which in theory should be much
standings, was quite dominant last year atmore favorable because it's more suited to
Donington. The Spanish phenomenon was fastestthe characteristics of our bike. If it rains
in all but one of the dry practice sessions.I think us Bridgestone riders will have a
He also set pole position and won the race atgood chance," said Melandri of Honda Gresini
ease, having opened up a gap of seven secondsteam.
at one point. The 21-year-old Spaniard also
set the fastest lap of the race to record aThere is pressure on both Pedrosa and
new lap record of 1m 28.714s, over a secondMelandri, but not quite on the reigning World
inside the previous lap record. The record isChampion Nicky Hayden who has not hit top
0.450 seconds quicker than the fastest lap ofform so far this season. Hayden has endured
any  other  rider.some poor luck while trying to defend his
title but his never-say-die attitude could
The Spaniard arrived in a confident moodguide the Repsol Champion like the Honda
following his strong third-place finish inAccord mirror. His notable attitude and
the Catalunya race two weeks ago. Pedrosa'sracing skills coupled with right driving
Honda RC212V crossed the line less than halfconditions  could  work  wonders.
a second behind the winner. "Last year I had
a very good time at Donington Park so I'm"I can't wait to get on the track on Friday
really looking forward to going back theremorning to find out if I made as much
and trying for a repeat performance. We had aprogress as I think I did on the Monday and
positive test in Barcelona after the lastTuesday test in Spain. I really hope it will
race and found a few things that should helpall carry over and that I haven't just been
us, particularly some tyres that we testedfooling myself - anyway and we'll find out
for Michelin, so this gives us moresoon! Plus I'm fully over my injuries from
confidence for the upcoming races," Pedrosathe Le Mans crash so I feel ready to push
noted.really hard. Donington is a pretty good
track,"  said  Hayden.
He added, "The Donington Park track is quite
good, with two quite distinct sections, the"On the Thursday before the race the Riders
flowing first half of the lap and thefor Health charity does some good fundraising
stop-and-go second part. This makes enginework and we're bringing a few kids from the
performance quite critical to getting a goodMake-a-Wish Foundation for the weekend too,
lap time. It can rain here too so I hope weso I'm looking forward to that. Also we've
get the same good weather we enjoyed lastgot a few British 'lads' in my team and this
year. The crowd is unbelievable here,is their home track, so it would be nice to
especially in the last few years, and it'sgive them a good result here at 'Paradise
always good to see so many people at theIsland' as they call it," added Hayden.
Riders for Health Day of Champions on



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