Takaaki Nakagami: Injured his right hand / MotoGP

After colliding with Marc Márquez on the first lap of the Aragon GP, LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami is on his way to Barcelona to have two injured fingers checked.

Sunday started well for Takaaki Nakagami with the best time in warm-up, but his race ended on the first lap with a sensational and frightening accident: exiting Turn 7, the LCR driver collided with fellow Audi driver Marc Márquez, who struggled with a locked rear wheel following a previous collision with Fabio Quartararo.

“Taka” fell and continued to slide on the road, only with a lot of luck and responsiveness none of the following MotoGP riders hit him. However, the 30-year-old Japanese injured his right hand.

“My start was good, but then I had an accident on the first lap: I made contact with Marc and I had a bad crash. That’s why I’m very disappointed, »Nakagami said about his team. “I’m going to Barcelona now to have the wound on the fourth and fifth fingers of my right hand checked. I’ll keep everyone posted,” he announced.

With just a week to go before his home GP at Motegi, Taka is naturally looking ahead. “I really appreciate the support from the fans. I will try my best to recover and hopefully compete in my home GP in Japan.”

MotoGP result, Aragón (September 18th):

1. Bastianini, Ducati, 23 Rdn. in 41:35,462 min
2. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 0.042 sec
3. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, + 6.139
4. Brad Binder, KTM, + 6,379
5. Miller, Ducati, +6,964
6. Martin, Ducati, +12,030
7. Marini, Ducati, + 12,474
8. Zarco, Ducati, + 12,655
9. Rins, Suzuki, +12,702
10. Bezzecchi, Ducati, + 16,150
11. Oliveira, KTM, + 17,071
12. Alex Marquez, Honda, +18,463
13. Viñales, Aprilia, + 18.730
14. Crutchlow, Yamaha, +20.090
15. Pol Espargaro, Honda, +27,588
16. Gardner, KTM, + 28,805
17. Morbidelli, Yamaha, +30,422
18. Darryn Binder, Yamaha, + 31,330
19. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, + 31.595
20. Raúl Fernández, KTM, + 36,160
– Marc Marquez, Honda, 22 laps down
– Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, first lap not finished
– Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha, first lap not finished

MotoGP World Championship standings (after 15 of 20 races):

1. Quartararo, 211 Punkte. 2. Bagnaia 201. 3. Aleix Espargaró 194. 4. Bastianini 163. 5. Miller 134. 6. Zarco 133. 7. Brad Binder 128. 8. Rins 108. 9. Martin 104. 10. Viñales 104. 11. Oliveira 95. 12. Marini 91. 13. Mir 77. 14. Bezzecchi 74. 15. Marc Márquez 60. 16. Nakagami 46. 17. Pol Espargaró 43. 18. Alex Márquez 39. 19. Morbidelli 26. 20. Di Giannantonio 23 21. Dovizioso 15. 22. Darryn Binder 10. 23. Gardner 9. 24. Raúl Fernández 8. 25. Bradl 2. 26. Crutchlow 2.

Constructors’ Championship:
1. Ducati, 346 Punkte. 2. Aprilia 217. 3. Yamaha 213. 4. KTM 161. 5. Suzuki 134. 6. Honda 100.

Team World Cup:
1. Ducati Lenovo Team, 335 Punkte. 2. Aprilia Racing 298. 3. Monster Energy Yamaha 237. 4. Prima Pramac Racing 237. 5. Red Bull KTM Factory 223. 6. Gresini Racing 186. 7. Suzuki Ecstar 185. 8. Mooney VR46 Racing 165. 9. Repsol Honda 105. 10. LCR Honda 85. 11. WithU Yamaha RNF 27. 12. Tech3 KTM Factory 17.

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