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 roundꦍ.

The LCR Honda rider will wear a bigger left boot to accommodate the injury and knows it will be a painful weekend, but has the summer br🌊eak to look forward to🌟 after Sunday's race.

“I’m not in the best condition, but I’m lucky because 🐼it was a really nasty crash," said Nakagami, who was collected by Rossi when the Italian lost the front while attempting to pass.

"It was such a fast crash, I saw the video and I u💎nderstand that people were really worried about my condition as it looked really bad.

"But I’m ok, I’ve got no serious injuries, no broken bones, so that’s a good thing, but I stil🐽l have a lot of pain all over my body because of the impact on the gravel and the crash pads. But I’m here and I’m ready to jum♏p on the bike which is good.

"I have some ligament damage - to my left ankle - and my flexibility is really bad, but after tomorrow it’s only three days until the summer br🍬eak, so we just need to get through these three days.

"Then I’ll have time to r✨est and recover for the second part of the season.”