He Shoots, He Scores! – Nicky Hayden’s Bizarre Canepa Crash
Nicky Hayden had an impressive crash during qualifying for last weekend’s MotoGP held at Sachensring, Germany. He lost the rear of his Marlboro Ducati entering a turn in wet conditions and was flicked over the highside. That wasn’t the remarkable part, but the bit that happened next was…
Hayden flew through the air and cannoned into satellite Pramac Ducati rider, Niccolo Canepa, causing him to crash too. Nicky was immediately apologetic as the young Italian was stretchered off to the Clinica Mobile for assessment.
For his part, Niccolo escaped any major injury and was quick to forgive the American for the racing incident
Canepa -”What a hit ! I didn’t understand what happened until I saw the replay while I was in the mobile clinic. When I was on the ground after the accident I saw and heard Hayden saying to me “Sorry, sorry, sorry”, but I didn’t understand why. He doesn’t have to worry because this sort of thing can happen and the most important thing is that both of us are ok and ready to race tomorrow. I suffered a hard contusion on my back, head and ankle, but nothing is broken.
link: MotoGP Official Site
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