“When Marc Marquez crashed I was behind him, he did nothing wrong, I was scared”
Marquez c🍰rashed for the fifth time across the weekend in the German MotoGP warm-up, emerging gingerly with a fractured finger although he was passed fit to race.
But, he withdrew, claiming he “wasn’tꩲ ready” in a dreadful indictment of the bike th📖at was causing him such physical stress.
“Honestly, before he had the crash I was behind him,” said LCR Honda rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami.
“I couldn’t see anything wrong with his riding.
“The speed was good. I didn’t see, from behind, that he ﷽did anything wrong.
“But he lost the rea꧑r. Th⛦e bike doesn’t stop that spin.
“I saw a massive high-side.
“I was scared because we use the same bike!
“I had the same feeling tha🎶t th꧂e corner was really tricky.
“It’s going downhill and I was losing it, a couple of times, hꦿaving the same feeling.
“It was difficu♍lt to manage. The bike had le⭕ss grip.
“We need to find a solution for a safer bike.”
Nakagami was the only Honda rider to start the grand prix on Sun🌸day at the Sachsenring, eventually finishing 14th.
The other three are all sidelined with broken bones - surely the starkest reminder that their machinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚery is forcing them, as Marquez claims, to take too much risk.
Marquez broke a🐲 finger, Joan Mir was absent with a hand injury, and Alex Rin꧂s has a broken leg.
Even Nakagami endured a horrible crash on Friday in Germany, tangling up his previously-injured han♉d, but he emer🌌ged without major damage.
“It cannotཧ be worse,” Nakagami said ab🦄out the Japanese manufacturer’s current state in MotoGP.
“Wꩵe are normally four riders, four b♓ikes. But today I was the only one on track for Honda.
“I wish them a speedy recovery to be strong.
“As you c🌌an see, it is a really, really tough moment.
“At least I feel OK. It’s difficult but I’ll try t🦩o not give up.
“I believe HRC have ideas to impro😼ve, to cha♔nge, the bike or to be more competitive.
“I don’t want to fight for a point, or to fight f♋ꦅor 15th.
“All I can do is 𒅌keep pushing, and not take any big risks.”
The Dutch MotoGP at🐭 Assen is next weekend an🐽d Marquez has hinted that he plans to compete despite the punishing toll of his three days in Germany.
James was a sports journalist at Sky S▨ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
