Ducati MotoGP boss Paolo Ciabatti explains split with American world champion.
During the pre-event press conference for the U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Nicky Hayden announced that he wouldn’t be back next season with Ducati in MotoGP, saying that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer “chose to go a different way.”
Later that same weekend, Cycle World Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and I asked Ducati MotoGP Project Director Paolo Ciabatti about this decision.
“Nicky is a great guy and a great ambassador for Ducati,” said Ciabatti. “The fans like him, and this is why we would like to keep him in Ducati, maybe in Superbike, which we offered him as a possibility to consider.
“But after [he spent] five years of fighting with our bike, I think it is difficult to find additional motivation to stay with the same people. Sometimes, it is good to have fresh air—for the rider and for the team—to try something different, something new.
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