There were some raised eyebrows when Takaaki Nakagami revealed his jump in form during practice for the second Jerez MotoGP weekend was down to radically altering his riding style after combing through Marc Marquez's data.
Nakagami, Zarco and Espargaro (KTM) form a surprise top three during Free Practice 2 for the Andalucia MotoGP, at Jerez. However, Vinales' 1m 37.063s in the cooler morning session remains the best of the day.
After struggling with his healing shoulder during the opening test of the year in Sepang, Takaaki Nakagami made swift progress during the final pre-season outing in Qatar.
Three weeks is a long time for a lot to happen in any sport but in this unprecedented period amid the coronavirus pandemic MotoGP’s picture changes even quicker.
Takaaki Nakagami, who 'lost' one of his 2019-spec RCVs to Marc Marquez on the final day in Qatar, finished MotoGP pre-season testing just a fraction behind the reigning world champion.
Takaaki Nakagami concedes he’s struggled for fitness throughout the Sepang test on his comeback from shoulder surgery which restrained his workload for LCR Honda.
Takaaki Nakagami has revealed he’s returned to two-wheels for the first time since undergoing a shoulder operation which ruled him out of the final three rounds of the 2019 MotoGP season and the post-season tests.
Marc Marquez has reaffirmed his stance that his future team-mate is solely the decision of Repsol Honda as he assesses what the chosen candidate will face both over the winter and in 2020.
Marc Marquez says it isn’t his call who his new team-mate will be at Repsol Honda after Jorge Lorenzo’s shock retirement but believes his team must decide whether to opt for youth or experience when drawing up a shortlist of options.
While his rivals head to this weekend's Malaysian MotoGP, Takaaki Nakagami has his sights set on another Sepang date after undergoing surgery on his injured right shoulder yesterday (Tuesday) in Japan.
Marc Marquez has given advice to Takaaki Nakagami ahead of his shoulder surgery which will rule him out of the final three races of the 2019 MotoGP campaign having undergone a similar recovery process last winter.
HRC has confirmed that Takaaki Nakagami will remain at the LCR Honda team for the 2020 MotoGP season, but also that the Japanese is to undergo shoulder surgery following this weekend's home round at Motegi.
Takaaki Nakagami continues to have a 'respectful' relationship with LCR team-mate Cal Crutchlow, but admits things changed between them after Catalunya.
Marc Marquez holds a 58-point lead in the MotoGP riders’ standings following his dominant victory at Sachsenring heading into the summer break and also tops the Rider Ratings averages with an impressive score of 8.77.
Takaaki Nakagami escaped serious injury when he was taken down by Valentino Rossi in the Dutch TT, but the Japanese has revealed he will be riding with ankle ligament damage at this weekend's Sachsenring round.
Takaaki Nakagami got his first taste of a 2019 factory MotoGP machine when he was invited to try the latest Honda at the Barcelona test.
Takaaki Nakagami may only have done 'three or four runs' on the 2019 Honda, during Monday's Catalunya MotoGP test, but the LCR set his best time of the day on the machine.
Fastest in November's Jerez MotoGP test, Takaaki Nakagami might be expected to pick up where he left off in terms of bike set-up at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.