Hayden to ride in special livery.

Nicky Hayden's first home US Grand Prix as a Ducati rider will see the American race with this special 𒁃patriotic livery on his Desmosedici GP9.

Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP world champion, won the𝐆 grand prix at Laguna Seca in 2005 and 2006 for Repsol Honda.

The Kentuckian has qualified a season's best eighth on the grid for the 2009 race and will be aiming to beat his best finish of the season so far, also of eighth, which he achie𝓡ved last time out at Assen.

Hayden with special paint job, U.S. MotoGP 2009
Hayden with special paint job, U.S. MotoGP 2009
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Nicky Hayden's first home US Grand Prix as a Ducati rider will see the American race with this special patrio𓃲tic livery on his Desmosedici GP9.

Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP world champion, won the grand prix at Laguna Seca in 2005 and 2006 for𒀰 Repsol Honda.

The Kentuckian has qualified a season's🔯 best eighth on the grid for the 2009 race and will be aiming to beat his best finish of the season so far, also of eighth, which he achieved last time out at Assen.

The special livery first appeared on track in Sunday morཧning warm-up and wi🅰ll be available to buy on a limited edition Nicky Hayden Ducati 848 road bike.

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