“When Marc Marquez crashed I was behind him, he did nothing wrong, I was scared”
Marquez crashed for the fifth time across the weeke🐭nd in the Germaꦦn MotoGP warm-up, emerging gingerly with a fractured finger although he was passed fit to race.
But, he withdrew, claiming he “wasn’t ready” in a dreadful indictment of the bike that was causing 𓂃him 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.
“T🐻he speed was good. I didn’t see, from behind, that he did anything wrong.
“But he lost the rear. The✱ bi🐬ke 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 that the corner was really t♕ricky.
“It’s going downhill and I was losing it, a 𝔉couple of times, having the ꦰsame feeling.
“It was difficult to manage. The bik♚e had less grip.
“We need to find a solution for a safer bike.”
Nakagami was the only Honda rider to start the grand prix on Sunday at the Sachsenring, evꦜentually finishing 14th.
The other three are all sidelined with broken bones - surely the starkest reminder that their machinery is forcing them, as Marquez claims, to t♛ake too much risk.
Marquez broke a fin🦂♐ger, Joan Mir was absent with a hand injury, and Alex Rins has a broken leg.
Even ⛄Nakagami endured a horrible crash on Friday in Germany, tangling up his previously-injured hand, but he emerged without major damage.
“It cannot be worse,” Nakagami said about thওe Japanese manufacturer’s current state in MotoGP.
“We are normally four riders𝄹, four bikes. But today I was the only one on trackꦛ for Honda.
“I wish them a speedy recovery to be strong.
“As you can෴ see, it is a really, really tough moment.
“At least I feel OK. It’s difficult but I’ll try🌺 to not give up.
“I believe HRC have ideas to improve, to cha🌟nge, the bike or to be more competitive.
“I don’t want to fi🔴ght for a point, or to fight for 15th.
“All I can do is keep 💟p♌ushing, and not take any big risks.”
The Dutc♛h Mo🍷toGP at Assen is next weekend and 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 Sports for a decade cover🦩ing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
