Takaaki Nakagami injured his hand last Sunday. He is now gritting his teeth and is in action at Motegi, heroic!
It’s a very heartfelt weekend for Japanese kids. The World Cup MotoGP races at Motegi for the first time since 2019, clearly the home riders want to do well in front of their audience. It is no different Takaaki Nakagami, who is suffering more than anyone else on this occasion. His right handinjured last Sunday, is still pretty bad, but the rider LCR Honda he is gritting his teeth. And it’s not really bad in the only session on Friday: he is 12th, about half a second from the top ten! A great start, but will she be able to complete her GP? There grimace of pain at the box he speaks clearly …
Nakagami suffers, but does not give up
He has no intention of prematurely closing an appointment that has been expected for three years. Of course unfortunately the bad luck he is not helping him, that accident had to happen in Aragon … With just a few days between one GP and another, Takaaki Nakagami he had to do things in a hurry to show up on time for appeal. There race in Barcelona, theintervention to the two bruised fingers and with damaged tendons, then off towards Motegi. Very determined to be at the start of the Japanese appointment, back on the calendar after the outbreak of the pandemic. She had already said it at the press conference: she received the eligibility, but this will be a very difficult event for him. The first demonstration took place insingle session of free practice disputed today, however lasting 75 minutes. A shift in which he performed really well!
The ability to be surprised
The concept expressed by the pilot himself Honda, freshly renewed with LCR for 2023, is essentially this. He didn’t really expect to close not far away from the top 10, so almost close of Q2! And probably no one would have suspected it given her condition … “The session was quite long, but we managed it well. I didn’t expect to be though so fast! “ Takaaki Nakagami confesses thus surprised of the result, then trying to minimize the obvious physical difficulty. “I find some movement uncomfortable. Now I have to try to rest and get ready for the second day. “ For the moment his GP continues, just to see how his hand will respond after today’s effort. It will arrive on Sunday? If he succeeds, it will be a Grand Prix heroica real success.
