Early end to Jerez test for Takaaki Nakagami 02.05.2022: After a season’s best seventh place in Sunday’s Grand Prix of Spain, Taka Nakagami and the LCR Honda IDEMITSU Team, along with the rest of the MotoGP field, stayed on at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto for an allocated day of official tests.

After a season’s best seventh place in Sunday’s Grand Prix of Spain, Taka Nakagami and the LCR Honda IDEMITSU Team, along with the rest of the MotoGP field, stayed on at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto for an allocated day of official tests.
 



The Japanese rider completed 16 laps of the track before a fall at the uphill first corner. Feeling pain in his left knee Nakagami was taken to the Circuit’s medical centre for an X-ray which confirmed no broken bones. However, the LCR Honda IDEMITSU Team called a halt to testing, and Taka flew directly to Barcelona for an precautionary MRI scan to rule out ligament damage.





Lucio Cecchinello


“Unfortunately, Taka crashed at Turn 1 this morning. Thankfully, on the X-ray performed at the circuit medical centre it was clear there are no fractures. Taka is still feeling some pain in his left knee however, so we decided to fly him back to Barcelona immediately where he will undergo an MRI scan as soon as he lands.


 We should find out the results in the next couple of days, but we are hopeful about them being good, because after some initial pain, he was able to walk out of the circuit himself.  So, we are positive he'll be recovered and ready for the next round of the championship in France.”



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