Moto2: Takaaki Nakagami's "broken" dream

Takaaki Nakagami he was having a dream weekend at Le Mans. The Team Italtrans rider had obtained his first pole position in the world championship on Saturday during qualifying for the French Grand Prix in the Moto2 class, a pole also due to the weather conditions, with the rain not allowing the others to improve on the time they set. in the opening minutes by the Japanese.

On Sunday in the race the dream was continuing, the Japanese rider was leading the race, when a small mistake took the front end of his Kalex out from under him, thus shattering a dream that was about to come true, he has the say.

“I wasn't exaggerating at all; I would actually say that I had margin. I made a small mistake: since I had moved away from the ideal line, I wanted to return to it. I performed the maneuver too quickly, I lost the bike and fell. More than angry, I'm sorry and, more than for myself, for the team. We will try to recover at Mugello.”

“It's one of those cases in which 'racing is like this', a very common cliché, but it fits the case perfectly – he added Claudio Macciotta (Nakagami technical manager) Racing is like that; However, we are very happy with the work done, and Takaaki, who is also very good in the wet, as fast as he is, will find a way, very soon, to make up for it."

“For me, Takaaki would have been unbeatable today. Too bad: however, the goal is increasingly in his sights and he has finally sincerely realized it Luigi Pansera (Team Manager) – For both riders: Julian offered a good performance, and I'm convinced there's still not much left for him to express himself at the highest level."