Takaaki Nakagami had until then had a perfect run during an off-season where he revealed himself not only as the best of the rookies, but even as a contender for the top 10. It remained for the Japanese to complete this beautiful winter run with a final training session. tests at Losail before focusing on the launch of hostilities in Qatar in two weeks. A missed opportunity to end in style since the LCR Honda rider crashed, thus ruining his last evening of training.
The fall was therefore harder for the teammate of Crutchlow, Literally as figuratively. He therefore left the spotlight to Morbidely in the beginners' ball, but is satisfied with having emerged unscathed from his imposed figure. He only completed 40 laps and was unable to defend his position, slipping to 21rd rank.
However, he will be one to watch in less than a fortnight on the same Losail track which will host the Qatar Grand Prix: “ unfortunately, at the start of the last session, I crashed heavily at turn 2 » explains Nakagami. “ I'm really sorry for the team, because we lost a bike because of that and it forced us to change all our plans. But I'm not hurt and I don't feel any pain. I am now looking forward to the season ».
MotoGP #QatarTest Losail: cumulative times
1. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, 1:54,029 min
2. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, +0,247 sec
3. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, +0,302
4. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, +0,428
5. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, +0,442
6. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, +0,557
7. Marc Marquez, Honda, +0,562
8. Alex Rins, Suzuki, +0,621
9. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, +0,630
10. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, +0,663
11. Jack Miller, Ducati, +0,720
12. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, +0,745
13. Franco Morbidelli, Honda, +1,103
14. Bradley Smith, KTM, +1,150
15. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, +1,203
16. Hafizh Syahrin, Yamaha, +1,244
17. Karel Abraham, Ducati, +1,271
18. Álvaro Bautista, Ducati, +1,318
19. Tito Rabat, Ducati, +1,436
20. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +1,460
21. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +1,510
22. Scott Redding, Aprilia, +1,566
23. Xavier Siméon, Ducati, +1,914
24. Tom Lüthi, Honda, +2,093
25. Mika Kallio, KTM, +3,189
