Once again I bring some gossip from the bsb paddock.

Now the word is that Hayden went to laguna and spoke to the ama racers before motogp rolled into town. The feedback was it was a lot smoother (i suppose less abrasive) and as a result softer tyres were the way forward. Hayden promptly gets on the blower to michelin and tells them ffs not to bring the usual compounds as the feedback is.....

Laguna was resurfaced before this season but prior to this has a reputation for being very tough on tyres. Low and behold, michelin pitch up with a truck of tyres having ignored Hayden's advice.

Cue problems for all on froggie rubber and apparently Edwards went out on intermediates in an attempt to get some heat into the tyres.

But hey.....its only gossip.

But in answer to the original question...how did they get it so wrong? By ignoring Hayden. Why did they ignore him? Who knows.