“When Marc Marquez crashed I was behind him, he did nothing wrong, I was scared”
Marquez crashed for the fifth time across the weekend in the German MotoGP warm-up, emerging gingerly with a fractured finger although he wཧas passed fit to race.
But, he withdrew, claiming he “wasn💯’t ready” in a dreadful indictment of the bike t๊hat was causing him such physical stress.
“Honestly, before he had the crash I was behind him,” said LCR Honda rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami.
“I couldn’t see anything wrong with his riding.
“The speed was good. I didn’t see, from behind, that he did anything 💮wrong.
“But he lost th🔯e rear. The bike doesn’t stop that spin.
“I saw a massive high-side.
“I was scared because we use the same bike!
“I had the 🐲same feeling that the corner was really tri⛦cky.
“It’s going downhill an𝓀d I was losing it, a couple of times, having the same feeling.
🌳“It was difficult to manage. The bike had less grip.
“We need to find a solution for a safer bike.”
Nakagami was the only Honda r🐼ider🍌 to start the grand prix on Sunday at the Sachsenring, eventually finishing 14th.
The other three are all sidelined with broken bones - surely the starkest reminder that their machinery is forcing them, as Marquez claims, to take♈ too much risk.
Marquez broke a finger, Joan Mir was absent𒁏 with a hand injury, and Alex Rins has a broken leg.
Even Nakagami endured a horrible crash on Friday in Germany, tanglinܫg up his previously-injured hand, but he emerged without major damage.
“It cannot be worse,” Nakagami said aboutও the Japanese manufacturer’s🐼 current state in MotoGP.
“We are normally four ꦦriders, four bikes. But today I was the onlyꦐ one on track for Honda.
“I wish them a speedy recovery to be strong.
“As yo❀u can see, it is a really✃, really tough moment.
“At least🌳 I feel OK. It’s difficult but I’ll try to not give up.
“I believe HRC have 🅘ideas to improve, to change, the bike or t💛o be more competitive.
“I don’t want to f🅘ight for a point, or to fight for 15th.
“All I caꦕn do is keep pushing, and not take any big risks.”
The Dutch MotoGP at Assen is next weekend and Marquez has hinted that he plans to compete despite the punishing toll of his three days ꩵin Germany.
Jame🌼s wa𓆏s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
