Takaaki Nakagami was among the riders involved in the excited first lap – actually the first ‘half’ lap – of the Aragon Grand Prix of the MotoGP class which recorded the knockout of Fabio Quartararo after a few meters due to the collision by El Diablo against Marc Marquez following the loss of the rear of the eight-time world champion found himself forced to turn off the gas. The contact between Honda and Yamaha left parts of the fairing of the M1 # 20 fairing (in particular the fins) attached to the rear of the RC213V # 93 that made the lowering device of Marquez’s Honda malfunction, which suddenly found himself with an unmanageable means when he tried to activate this device. The driver of Lucio Cecchinello’s team was among the protagonists of the press conference on the eve of the Japanese Grand Prix and commented on the accident at Aragon and beyond. Here are the statements of him.
The accident on the first lap at Aragon
“I tried to overtake Marc at Turn-7, I slightly lost my line and he tried to overtake again at the exit. He was clearly in front of me. When he activated the lowering device the bike suddenly went to the left, I tried to lean over to avoid contact but it was impossible. At that moment I realized that it wasn’t Marc’s fault, but that it was an unfortunate race accident. His faults are equal to 0%. I never got mad at him, it was bad luck, I got hurt but this is life. It could have been worse, I hit him twice, but the first time I was already out of control. Thank God all the riders behind avoided me. I’ve been lucky. I’ll try to recover and we’ll see how the PL1s go ”.
The conditions of the right hand
“To be honest, my hand isn’t great. I was operated on in Barcelona on Monday. I only have a few days to recover 100%. After the race, I realized my hand was pretty bad, so I expected this weekend to be an uphill home weekend. I got the green light for FP1, but I have to do another check and then we will decide whether to continue or stop ”.
The new swingarm produced by Kalex
“I tried the aluminum swingarm at the Misano test. It was comfortable enough and I liked it. Then Marc tried it at Aragon and I think his feelings were positive ”.
The expected weather in Motegi
“The weather forecast appears to be unstable. A big typhoon hit a couple of days ago and the weekend looks pretty bad. From a physical point of view, the rain could help because the braking force is less, but I’m sorry for the fans who have been waiting for this race for three years. A clear weather would be better for them ”.
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