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Hayden: Tragedy puts problems into perspective.
MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden may have endured a frustrating start to the 2007 season, with a best finish of seventh leaving him just ninth in the points, but such difficulties were put firmly into perspective by the death of his young cousin.
Hayden: We didn`t knock a wall down but...
Troubled MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden continued his determined quest for a return to full competitiveness with a mammoth 106 testing laps - four laps shy of five full race distances - at Istanbul Park on Monday.
Honda: We have a lot of work to do...
Repsol Honda team manager Makoto Tanaka admits HRC still has "a lot of work to do" in order to make the RCV competitive in time for the season opening Spanish Grand Prix, at Jerez on March 26.