Back from the sick bed, Takaaki Nakagami put recent COVID-19 issues behind him as he got the better of reigning MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo to top spot during FP1 in Argentina.
Alex Marquez claims his Qatar MotoGP crash was not his own doing: 'I had a really strange crash at the first corner. I suddenly locked the front, but in my opinion, I didn’t make a mistake'.
Takaaki Nakagami's quest for a first MotoGP podium continues after dropping from third to seventh at Le Mans. LCR team-mate Alex Marquez claims his best result of the season so far, as the top Honda rider, in sixth.
Takaaki Nakagami matches best MotoGP race finish of fourth at Jerez; ‘Happy how we came back’, but ‘mixed feelings after the race’ as the Japanese rider was only six tenths from maiden podium.
Takaaki Nakagami finishes fastest of the five Honda bikes on day-one of the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix. Japanese rider tests both available chassis options; ‘Slightly better feeling with the old one, but cannot forget about 2021’.
Nakagami leads the way from Morbidelli and Vinales during a fast opening practice for the second Valencia MotoGP event. Mir starts the penultimate round with a 37-point lead over Rins and Quartararo, 41-point lead over Vinales and 45-point advantage over Morbidelli and Dovizioso.
Nakagami takes his first premier-class pole position during qualifying for the Teruel MotoGP, the second of the back-to-back Aragon rounds. Morbidelli and last Sunday's winner Rins to join him on the front row of the grid.
Honda enjoyed its best collective day of the MotoGP season so far at Aragon on Friday, leading both sessions as LCR team-mates Takaaki Nakagami and Cal Crutchlow finished first and third and all four RCVs were inside the top 11.
Takaaki Nakagami has been officially confirmed as remaining at LCR Honda for the 2021 MotoGP season "and beyond". The Japanese is enjoying the best form of his MotoGP career this season, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in Andalucia and front row start in Styria.
Takaaki Nakagami was left feeling 'so disappointed' after yet another MotoGP podium chance, and possible victory opportunity, slipped through his fingers in Catalunya on Sunday.
Honda's leading rider in the MotoGP standings, Takaaki Nakagami got his first taste 'and a good taste' of the latest 2020 machine during the Misano test.
With four different winners from the opening five races, and reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez ruled out of contention, the 2020 title race looks wide open.