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Takaaki Nakagami’s farewell: The Japanese who never broke through and endured Honda’s hard times

by Bernardo Matias
November 13, 2024
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A despedida de Takaaki Nakagami: o japonês que nunca explodiu e apanhou os momentos difíceis da Honda
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Takaaki Nakagami will conclude his full-time MotoGP career this weekend. The Solidarity GP of Barcelona will be his last race before he transitions to a development rider role with Honda, where he may still participate in wildcard events.

His journey began in 2007 as a wildcard at the Valencia GP in the 125cc class, where he competed for the next two seasons, though with modest results. After losing his place in the World Championship, he returned to Japan in 2011, becoming the J-GP2 champion in the Japanese Road Race Championship.

In 2012, Nakagami made a full-time return to the World Championship paddock, competing in Moto2. A year later, he achieved his first podiums but had to wait until 2016 for his first victory. That year, his best in the World Championship, he won the Dutch GP and finished sixth in the standings.

After another year in Moto2, Nakagami was promoted to MotoGP in 2018, always racing with the same team – LCR Honda. However, he struggled to secure strong results: in seven seasons, he finished in the top 15 only three times, with his best performance being a tenth-place finish in 2020.

In that pandemic-affected year, the Japanese rider even secured a pole position. He also had the misfortune, through no fault of his own, of witnessing Honda’s decline in competitiveness, which naturally hampered his results.

In his farewell season, Nakagami has performed reasonably well given his circumstances. He has scored 31 points, 20 fewer than teammate Johann Zarco, yet he has consistently outperformed Honda factory team riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini.

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