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Nicky Hayden Qualifying 3rd at 1m 34.469s

I`m happy we squeezed onto the front row, which obviously is going to be really important around here because it is a tight track. Tomorrow`s race is going to be a bit of an unknown for us and there are a couple of tyres I haven`t even tried yet. I quite like the track and I got up to speed pretty quickly this morning, though when it came to doing 1m 35s and 1m 34s laps I haven`t been able to take that next step. We struggled a bit in the afternoon with the first qualifying tyre and so on the second one I knew that, man, I had to reach down and take a few chances to pull something out. I had a lot of chatter on that lap but the Michelin qualifying tyres were really good. I know those guys have been working hard and it hasn`t been easy for them so I appreciate the effort they`ve put in. Hopefully my crew can tweak on the machine settings tonight and we can get things a little bit better. There are parts of the track where I`m OK and a few where it`s not so good. But I`ve got a lot of faith in my boys and hopefully we can be up there at the front fighting tomorrow. I`m sure it`s going to be a good show. The atmosphere here is unbelievable and I need to be a part of it.

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