168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami wheelied over the finish line in 13th place during his final home Japanese MotoGP appearance as a full-time rider.

Just 21st in qualifying and taken out of the Sprint by team-mate Johann Zarco, N🧸akagami was the only rider to gamble on the 𓆉soft rear tyre for the grand prix.

It paid off. 

Rather than fading, the future HRC test and wild-card rider was hunting down the group of riders ahead in the closing laps, finishing just 1.5s from Aleix Espargaro and ninth pla🌸ce.

“It was a very emotional race,” Nakagami said. “I’veꦫ enjoyed it a lotဣ, and I wanted to give my best to my fans.

“I knew I had nothꩲing to lose starting 𓄧from the back of the grid and scoring points is always nice.

🌜“I gave my best until the end. If I had 2 laps extra, maybe I can catch that group. But I really enjoyed the end of the race. I'm really proud of myself.

“The soft rear was risky, but I was mꦫanaging very 🌠well.

“It was a good decision. I was able to be consistent and in the very end of the race, 🌸I was even recovering a couple of tenths, and that's wh☂y I was able to catch the group in front.”

The home fans showed thei🧔r appreciation for Nakagami’s efforts over the past seven years with rapturous applause on the slowdown lap.

“I will never forget today,” he sa🔯id. “That cooldown lap was ꦜa very nice feeling. I want to thank everybody for supporting me.

“Each co෴rner I saw all the fans and I felt, ‘OK, maybe this is 𝐆going to be the last one, the last cooldown’.

“Again, I'm proud of myself, I gave my best, so this𒈔 is a very special Sunday for me.

“When I came back to the pit, I saw all my crew, all the staff, and 🌳I was nearly crying.”

Nakagami, who will hand his LCR Honda🥀 rider to rookie Somkiat Chantra next season, is 18th in the wor🦋ld championship, 8 points behind Zarco but ahead of both Repsol riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini.

Mir was taken out of Sunday’s race on the opening lap by Alex Marquez, while Marini 𝄹finished three-seconds behind Nakagami in 𝄹14th.