Takaaki Nakagami: "Really scary to stay on the bike" | "I will be an advisor of Chantra!"

“The numbers and all the data were crazy”

Takaaki Nakagami, 2024 Malaysian MotoGP
Takaaki Nakagami, 2024 Malaysian MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami’s penultimate race as a MotoGP rider saw the Japanese forced to park his LCR Honda in the p෴its due to a ‘scary’ amount of vibration at Sepang.

Alth✨ough many MotoGP riders continue to suffer chatter in some corners, Nakagami - riding ൲the oldest spec Honda - said it reached ‘crazy’ levels in the Malaysian Grand Prix.

“Unfortunately, I had a crazy vibration from the rear,” said Nakagami, who rose to 15th  before dropping to🧸 last and retiring on  lap 14 of 19.

“Before the Sprint, it was acceptable. Some corners, yes, but was not 🌌that crazy.

“But in the Sprint, the warm-up and today’s race it was increasing, increasing… It waಌs really scary to stay on the bike. And thenꦕ I decide to stop.

“Of course, disappointed, but let's see. The next GP will be Montmelo. The track is OK for me but not so much for Honda. So let's try to improve the bike bala🐈nce and to try to reduce this kind of crazy vibration.

“The next GP will be the last one, but I will get the new chassis, which the [other Honda riders] are already using. Also a couple of other things. It will be the last three days and I want to give my best and at least I want to enjoy rid🍃ing.”

The Japanese, a MotoGP rider since 2018, is cautiously optimistic that the new chas💦sis might improve the chatter situa🍷tion.

“Looks like everyone complained [of vibration], but our bikeꦺ, the oldest spec, it’s too much,” he said. “The numbers and all the data were crazy.

“I don't really know if they solved the problem but somehow only Zarco was acceptable. He not so much complained, but everyone [at Hoဣnda] has some kind of vibration.

“Let’s se🌟e at Montmelo, which will be a different race track and𝄹 temperature. Also the tyre allocation will be totally different.

“So hopefully HRC analyse🦂 all the data and 🍸bring some different ideas.”

Takaaki Nakagami, Somkiat Chantra
Takaaki Nakagami, Somkiat Chantra

Nakagami: “I will be an advisor of Chantra!”

Two days after the rescheduled Barcelona season finale, MotoGP riders will be ba🀅ck for a day of off💮icial post-season testing.

Nakagami will also be present, but not on track.

Instead, the 32-year-old will help rookie Somkiat Chantra, who takes over the LCR seat for 2025, during 💎his MotoGP debut.

“I think on Tuesday I wi🍌ll be an advisor of Chandra!” Nakagami said.

“It will be a different job. Let's see how different after the race. From Monday, I think I will step🧸 back and stay with the engineers to understand what they planning for the test.

“And then of course I will be next to Chantra because HRC asked me to help. But at least for me it's just about being there and letting Chantra try the bike. Because if I🍒 explain everything befo𒅌re he jumps on the MotoGP bike, it’s too much.

“So just I want to say to him, just try to ride in a natural way and [understand] the differe🧔nce between the Moto2 and MotoGP. This is the main target for him and then let's see.”

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