Nicky Hayden🔯 feels his lap times at the in-season Worl♏d Superbike test at Misano weren't representative of the gains he aimed for on the Ten Kate-prepared Honda.

The former MotoGP world champion ended the test 10th on the comꦬbined results with a best lap of 1m 35.565s, around 0.9s off timesheet topper Tom Sykes.

Despite enjoying a useful test in difficult conditions running software upgrades inside a full testing programme Hayde⛎n had been hoping for faster times.

"We made a few gains but aꦚlso hit a few walls, which is normal in testing," Hayden said. "I hoped I 🍎would have made a bigger step because my lap-times were similar to the ones I did at the start of the month.

"We started the day in the damp and used our time to try some software 𓂃updates, basically in and out laps. Everything seemed to be working quite well. Throughout the day we tried a good variety of things, including suspension settings, for the second part of the season.

"We g𝕴ave the ꦉteam a lot of data to work on and hopefully we can put it all together for Laguna."

Hayden also commended Pirelli with its new front and rear tyre compounds testꦫing in Misano and is thoroug🐎hly impressed by the manufacturer's input.

"Just before lunch I tried some new Pirelli tyres with some g🤪ood positives," he said. "I must say I'm surprised about the huge amount of work they are putting even though they're the sole supplier for the series."