Takaaki Nakagami fights for future with his MotoGP career hanging in the balance

The LCR Honda rider’s contract expi🏅res at the end of this season, another dreadful campaign for the Japaneseꦅ manufacturer.
It means that Nakaga💎mi is on the brink o🍬f losing his MotoGP seat but he remains adamant that he can help Honda out of their current slump.
“I hope,” he told when 🔥asked aওbout if he will stay.
“It's my priority. First of all I want to sh🐭ow my potential with the Honda.
“Secondly I want to help. Right now ꦦwe are in a difficult ti🅺me.
“I want to help because I have a lot of🌠 experience. If they help me I can help them.&nb🍸sp;
“Once we receive th🅷e good compo♊nents, I think Honda has potential."

Nakagami’s teammate Alex Rins is reportedly on the brink of a 2💙024 move to Yamaha, while Repsol Honda pair Marc Marquez and Jo♛an Mir are also the source of speculation.
Nakagami is in🦩 his sixth season in the premier class and has seen the championship, and the machinery, change.
“They have evolved a lot and 𝔍times are getting faster and faster,” he said about the bikes.
“You can see it in the top speeds. The other day a rider from another brand reached ⛦366 km/h... It's crazy...
“The bikes havജe more load, more wings, more he﷽lp.
“I remember when I got on a MotoGP for the first time, it was i👍n 2018, at that time th🅺ere were no wings, no aids, nothing!
“It was more d🐟ifficult b🍰ecause you had to be very aware of the front end during acceleration.
“Comparing powers, now we can go with much more due to the increase in grip ဣand downforce.
“It goes faster and faster,🃏 but due to the sensations that the rider felt before, I 🐈prefer the above, with the old school.
“Because in the end, the amount of effort the rider put in paid off. Now ⭕it's different."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to 𒈔F1.