“When Marc Marquez crashed I was behind him, he did nothing wrong, I was scared”
Marquez crashed fo🍒r the fifth time across the weekend 𒊎in the German MotoGP warm-up, emerging gingerly with a fractured finger although he was passed fit to race.
But, he withdrew, claiming he “wasn’t ready” in a dreadful♏ indictment of the bike that was causing him s🐷uch physical stress.
“Honestly, before he had the crash I was behind him,” said LCR Honda rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Takaaki Nakagami.
“I couldn’t see anything wrong with his riding.
“The spe🐓ed was good. I didn’t see, from behind, that he did anything wrong.
“But he lost the 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 samಞe feeling that the corner was reall♏y tricky.
“It’s going downhi𝕴ll and I was losing it, a couple of 🍌times, having the same feeling.
“It waꦚs difficult to🎃 manage. The bike had less grip.
“We need to find a solution for a safer bike.”
Nakagami was the only Honda rider to start the grand prix on Sunday at the Sachsenring, eventually fi🐈nishing 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 absent with a hand injury, and Alex Rඣins has a broke🏅n leg.
Even Nakagami endur🎐ed a horrib🧔le crash on Friday in Germany, tangling up his previously-injured hand, but he emerged without major damage.
“It cann෴ot be worse,” Nakagami said about the🍃 Japanese manufacturer’s current state in MotoGP.
“We are normally four riders, fou𝔍r bikes. But today I was the only one on track for Honda.
“I wish them a speedy recovery to be strong.
“As you can see🅰, it is a really, really tough🎉 moment.
“At least I feel OK. It’s dif🤡ficult but I’ll try to not give up.
“I believe HRC have ideas to improve, to change, the b🐬ike or to be more competitive.
“I don’t want to f𝔉ight for a point, or to ไfight for 15th.
൩“All I can do is keep pushing, and not take any big risks.”
The Du🌱tch MotoGP at Assen is next weekend and Marquez has hinted that he plans to compete despite the punishing to🅘ll of his three days in Germany.
James was a sports journa🌌list at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
