Hayden: Practice crash spoilt weekend

Nicky Hayden apologised to Ducati for starting the Japanese Grand Prix weekend on the back foot, having never really recovered from a crash in Friday practice. While Hayden's team-mate Casey Stoner took a second straight victory, the American qualified only 11th, and finished 12th after an early trip off the road. "I have to apologise to the team because I crashed on Friday which got us behind and even though they worked hard all weekend we haven't found the traction I needed to be competitive today," said Hayden

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