Despite his result obtained in qualifying, last place, Kohta Nozane is far from unworthy during this preparation for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Thirteenth at the end of a first day during which he was almost constantly in the top 10, the Japanese driver had more difficulties on the less wet track this Saturday morning, before experiencing a fall in FP4 from which he recovered. is noted with a microfracture in a metatarsal.
This is undoubtedly an excess of enthusiasm due both to a lack of experience in MotoGP and to a strong desire to want to shine in front of the public and the Yamaha officials…
The replacement of Jonas Folger will nevertheless try to participate in Sunday's race.
Kohta Nozane, 24th, 2'01.730, 2 laps: “during this morning's practice session, I suffered with the tire choice and, in the end, my position was not very good. Then, in FP4, it went well at the start of the session, but I pushed a little too hard because I wanted to progress compared to the morning session, and I crashed after making a mistake . I had a small fracture in my right hand, but I tried to run in Q1 to go for a lap, but I had to retire. I'm sorry for Yamaha and Tech3, but I will do my best to come back for the race. »
