Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden will leave Honda at the end of the season, the Japanese manufacturer has confirmed.

Hayden, 27, is later this week expected to announce that he will join Ducati.

The Kentucky-born rider, who is currently eighth in the world championship, has had a difficult season, missing races after breaking his right heel in an extreme sports event in Los Angeles.

But he enjoyed his best result of the campaign on Sunday when he came second at Indianapolis for his first podium finish to the season.

Taken from www.bbc.co.uk

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