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"American Honda is in talks with HRC about placing Hayden alongside Stefan Bradl in the LCR Honda team, riding one of Honda's production racers. The Kentucky Kid still enjoys huge popularity in the states - items related to Hayden often fetch the highest prices at the Riders for Health auctions held at MotoGP events - and American Honda is keen to capitalize on his selling power.
It is, Nicky Hayden told reports, a question of money. Somebody has to pay for this, and in the case of placing Nicky Hayden on a production racer at LCR, that somebody would be American Honda. "Only if American Honda would support this idea does it become possible," LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello told Italian site Moto.it. A final decision for LCR will come at Misano, in mid-September.
With the news that Indianapolis will remain on the calendar for 2014, it seems likely that Dorna will encourage American Honda, and help support Hayden at LCR, or any other team he wants to remain at. The US market remains critical for Dorna, and Hayden is one of the keys which they are continuing to use to try to unlock the market. Until a replacement comes along, Hayden has a place in MotoGP." (motomatters, italics added for emphasis)
So, uhm, yeah, .... all those Spanish riders who get their rides only because of their passports.
"American Honda is in talks with HRC about placing Hayden alongside Stefan Bradl in the LCR Honda team, riding one of Honda's production racers. The Kentucky Kid still enjoys huge popularity in the states - items related to Hayden often fetch the highest prices at the Riders for Health auctions held at MotoGP events - and American Honda is keen to capitalize on his selling power.
It is, Nicky Hayden told reports, a question of money. Somebody has to pay for this, and in the case of placing Nicky Hayden on a production racer at LCR, that somebody would be American Honda. "Only if American Honda would support this idea does it become possible," LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello told Italian site Moto.it. A final decision for LCR will come at Misano, in mid-September.
With the news that Indianapolis will remain on the calendar for 2014, it seems likely that Dorna will encourage American Honda, and help support Hayden at LCR, or any other team he wants to remain at. The US market remains critical for Dorna, and Hayden is one of the keys which they are continuing to use to try to unlock the market. Until a replacement comes along, Hayden has a place in MotoGP." (motomatters, italics added for emphasis)
So, uhm, yeah, .... all those Spanish riders who get their rides only because of their passports.
