1.) "Nicky is almost always mentioned after Pedrosa in HRC press releases showing that Honda doesn't want him to win ....yadda yadda....."
Not true, but the hyper-sensitive "poor me" fans of Mr. Hayden smell a conspiracy. Pedrosa is Spanish, Repsol is Spanish. They want this young American outta the way so their boy can shine. Bull dodo. It does make sense that our title sponser wants their local boy always brought to the forfront of press releases. If they were both racing in the States sponsered by John Deere, how would you expect the press releases to read? Whats the big deal?
2.) "Nicky is stuck testing all of the new parts will Dani gets to use only the proven stuff"
This has to be the most hillarious arguement ever presented. The rider who gets the new stuff IS normally considered numero uno. Usually it is the riders who don't get the new stuff that are bitching i.e. - Biaggi for his entire career.
Given his performance in his first couple years at Honda it had to be considered lucky they never bumped Mr. Hayden to a Satellite team or worse. There are people at Honda with faith in him and it is paying off at the moment. The fact is that while he is one of my favorite riders he has yet to be able to beat Rossi to the flag straight up at anywhere other than Laguna. He has been remarkably consistent AND lucky to a certain degree. As he says just about every week" 3rd is fine, and the points are good but I just need to get more Dubyas" They will come, despite the "Honda hates him conspiracy".....
