MotoGP Misano 2 J3 Takaaki Nakagami: Emotional Sequence…

At the end of the Grand PrixEmilia-Romagna, while some were already celebrating their good result and others were going to protest in Race Management, a man gently placed his Honda RC213V against the safety rail before kneeling in silence in front of some stickers bleached by the sun of the Italian Riviera…

At this moment, far from all this, Takaaki Nakagami didn't care about having finished sixth at the Misano track, and his thoughts were entirely focused on his friend who died during the San Marino Moto2 Grand Prix in 2010 on this same track.

Takaaki Nakagami and Shoya Tomizawa were more than friends: They considered themselves brothers, since they had started motorcycle racing at a young age in Japan.

Takaaki Nakagami never misses the commemoration organized each year by Alain Bronec, with whom Shoya Tomizawa raced and lived.

After praying and patting the rail affectionately, Takaaki Nakagami got back on his Honda and joined the frenetic world of MotoGP. He will never forget his friend...