TAKA SATISFIED AFTER SOLID START AT CATALAN GP

Takaaki Nakagami made a solid start as free practice got underway ahead of this weekend’s Catalunya Grand Prix. The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider, who resides in Barcelona, finished the day in 12th position on the timesheets as round nine of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship kicked off at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit in Montmeló.

The Japanese star made a promising start in the opening session on Friday morning, taking 6th position at his second “home” circuit. He did improve his lap time by over six tenths in FP2, but could not hold on to a spot in the top 10 – ending the session in 12th – and now has work to do in Saturday’s FP3 to ensure direct entry to Q2.