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Stoner Back on Podium in Holland, Hayden Seventh

Casey Stoner picked up his first podium of the season today after a tough race run at a very fast pace that only three riders – eventual race winner Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and the Ducati Marlboro Team man – were able to maintain until the end.  

Nicky Hayden got away well from the second row but got blocked by traffic into turn one and lost several positions. He managed to pass Colin Edwards and Marco Simoncelli within a handful of laps but had lost contact with the front group and was unable to reproduce his pace from practice.

CASEY STONER (Ducati Marlboro Team) 3°
“This is the first race this season we have come away from with a decent result. It shouldn’t be our first podium of the year but that’s the way it is and it was nice to finish a race, not just a qualifying session, and head to parc ferme. The team has been doing a fantastic job, especially over the last two weekends, when we have established a good base setting that has allowed us to fight for the podium, if not the win yet. Unfortunately at Silverstone we had the start we had but here it was me that struggled more than the bike with arm-pump from about mid distance – it was the same problem as Silverstone and I guess we didn’t have time to recover. It is another setback we have to deal with now but I think we can get over it. Anyway all in all it was a positive day and I want to thank the team for the work they have done”. 

NICKY HAYDEN – (Ducati Marlboro Team) 7th
“Seventh place isn’t exactly the best but as always I’m trying to look at the positives: after making a good start on Thursday we had a difficult session on Friday morning with a breakdown and a crash, when we also wrecked a set of tyres, and that obviously made things hard for us. Whilst the rest made progress with their set-up we lost ground. I got a decent start but got held up by De Puniet and was passed by a lot of riders. I managed to pass Colin and Simoncelli but lost time and even though I tried to close the gap the front end tucked a couple of times and I had to settle for seventh. It’s a shame because it’s our worst result of the year apart from the crash at Mugello but we go racing again next week and we’ll be trying to get back to the front.” 

VITTORIANO GUARESCHI, Team Manager
“We deserved this podium, we haven’t had one for a bit and we’re happy that it’s arrived today.  The team worked very well, they found a good set-up for the race and fixed the problem with the clutch that penalized Casey a week ago. Casey rode very well, he made eight laps in the 34s, and I think that if he hadn’t had the problem with his arm he would have been able to attack Dani.  In any case he did a great race. Nicky lost time in the first corner and lost contact with the leading group and he wasn’t able to catch them back up. The problems he had in practice didn’t help him to find a set-up that he could trust but I am sure that he will be back in front at the next race.”

Circuit Record: Dani Pedrosa (Honda – 2010), 1’34.525 – 172.982 Km/h
Best Pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2010), 1’34.515 – 173.001 Km/h

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