Archive for May, 2019

Takaaki Nakagami endured a mixed opening day at the Italian Grand Prix in what is the home race of his LCR Honda IDEMITSU team. The Japanese rider enjoyed a good start as free practice got underway at scenic Mugello but finished the day down in 14th position on the timesheets, leaving himself work to do […]

LCR Honda IDEMITSU Team Japanese star Takaaki Nakagami is looking forward to the Italian GP this weekend, hoping to make up for disappointment last time out in France. The Italian Grand Prix at MUgello race track is one of the headline stops on the whole MotoGP calendar, with the super-fast, undulating layout a favourite for […]

Takaaki Nakagami’s weekend ended in disappointment as he crashed out of the French Grand Prix in the closing stages on a day when Marc Marquez secured Honda’s 300th victory in the premier class at Le Mans. Taka had produced a career best performance in qualifying to start from the front of the third row in […]

Takaaki Nakagami will start from the front of the third row at the French Grand Prix after securing his best-ever qualifying result on Saturday. Wet weather at Le Mans made life difficult for the MotoGP field, but the LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider showed skill and composure to take seventh position in Q2 and give himself […]

Takaaki Nakagami made a solid start as free practice for the French Grand Prix got underway at Le Mans on Friday. The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider once again cracked the top 10 to ensure he’s in good shape should the bad weather forecast for Saturday qualifying arrive as predicted. Nakagami endured a rather low-key morning […]

Takaaki Nakagami believes the weather will once again play a big part in this weekend’s French Grand Prix. Having secured a top-10 finish in every round of this year’s world championship so far, the LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider is looking for another positive result at Le Mans, but is wary of a mixed forecast leading […]

LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider Takaaki Nakagami ended the day in tenth position as the MotoGP field undertook the first official in-season test in Jerez on Monday. Having taken ninth place in Sunday’s race at the Circuito de Jerez Angel Nieto, Nakagami spent the day looking to improve the settings of his RC213V and achieved his […]

LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider Takaaki Nakagami took ninth position in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez Angel Nieto on Sunday. The result maintains the Japanese star’s record of having secured a top-10 finish in every round of this year’s world championship so far. Starting from eighth on the grid, Nakagami was unable […]

  LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider Takaaki Nakagami claimed eighth spot on the grid for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix after another hard fought MotoGP qualifying session in Jerez. The Japanese star looks well placed for another positive result having secured top-10 finishes in each of the three opening rounds of the season. Nakagami – who went […]

LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider Takaaki Nakagami once again impressed as the MotoGP class returned to the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto for the fourth round of the World Championship. The Japanese star went fastest at the Spanish venue in the winter test last November and was back amongst the pacesetters as free practice got […]