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After qualifying in 6th place at Misano, Nicky talked about his session and what we can expect from him and the Ducati tomorrow.

Nicky Hayden – 6th
“This morning I had a really good feeling with the bike and put together a good rhythm – I was fastest in T4 and that’s the first time this year I’ve been fastest at anything in the dry! I’d hoped to improve and do my best dry qualifying of the year this afternoon but to begin with the track was a little warmer and I didn’t get that same level of feeling, so we had to make some tweaks to the set-up. Like I say, I’d hoped to do better than what I did but we got on the second row and our focus turns to tomorrow. I need to get a great start because those first two or three turns are going to be harsh – everybody will be fighting for positions and there’s a good chance of some drama there! We want to get through that cleanly and as high up the order as possible in the early stages. From there it’s a case of giving my maximum for all the Italian fans and trying to put their bike up front. It is great to have their support here and all the staff from Bologna – Claudio (Domenicali), Filippo (Preziosi), Vitto (Guareschi), Alan (Jenkins)… It’s fun and I’m enjoying having them around so hopefully we can celebrate a result together tomorrow.”

Source: MotoGP.com

Nicky will start from 6th on the grid for the San Marino GP!

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1′34.338 267.790
2 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1′34.560 276.144 0.222
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1′34.808 268.656 0.470
4 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1′34.907 273.348 0.569
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1′35.184 266.600 0.846
6 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1′35.223 267.459 0.885
7 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1′35.343 273.210 1.005
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1′35.492 269.865 1.154
9 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1′35.554 268.523 1.216
10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1′35.561 270.135 1.223
11 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1′35.601 273.903 1.263
12 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1′35.785 270.608 1.447
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1′35.790 266.140 1.452
14 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1′36.070 266.930 1.732
15 44 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 1′36.228 266.732 1.890
16 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1′36.264 267.392 1.926
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1′37.091 265.682 2.753