– MotoGP organisers, teams and riders have been paying tribute to 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden at the Italian Grand Prix, in the wake of the American's passing last month.Hayden's bikes A display of Hayden's bikes, from his Repsol Honda, Ducati and Aspar MotoGP years, and his Honda from World Superbikes, has been erected in the paddock at Mugello.Rossi's number tribute Valentino Rossi, team-mate to Hayden at Repsol Honda in 2003, and at Ducati in 2011/12, has paid this classy tribute, blending his own iconic '46' with the '69' carried by Hayden throughout his career.Ducati carrying the 69 Ducati has placed Hayden's '69' on the side of its Desmosedici, as it remembers the...
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