MotoGP Takaaki Nakagami: “I’m so happy to be back on my bike”

We talk less about him, but Takaaki Nakagami is also one of those riders in MotoGP who must work hard to recover all his resources before returning to 2020 for the Sepang tests. Three-day trials which will begin on February 7. However, since the end of the last Japanese Grand Prix, the LCR driver has gone under the knife and must regain his health to honor his place on the RC213V. His premature end to the 2019 season allowed Johann Zarco, his replacement, to bounce back in the category. The Japanese was finally able to get back behind the handlebars of a motorcycle, and he is ecstatic…

Takaaki Nakagami is back in the saddle after shoulder surgery at the end of October. The Japanese driver is preparing for the first 2020 tests. The teammate of Cal Crutchlow continues the recovery process. The time has come for the first time since his operation to reacquaint himself with the motorcycle.

We remember that the accident with Valentino Rossi in Assen had caused him serious damage to his right shoulder, with intense pain that convinced him to opt for the intervention after the Japanese Grand Prix.

Nakagami has not spared himself in recent months, working on his physique to better recover for the new season. The Chiba rider is determined to improve again in what will be his third MotoGP campaign. Despite missing three races, he closed 2019 ranked 13th in the world thanks to nine top-ten finishes. The fifth place won at the end of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello was his greatest achievement.

« I'm so happy to be back on my bike », enthused Takaaki Nakagami. " I could fly without pain. There are still some problems, but I think it was a step forward “, he declared on Wednesday on his social networks. The Honda rider was of course not yet on his RC213V, but on a Minimoto, a Honda NSF100 in Idemitsu design.

We will recall that Marc Márquez had surgery on his right shoulder and Miguel Oliveira also had his shoulder inspected, an intervention which forced him to skip the last 2019 meeting in Valencia.