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TAKAAKI NAKAGAMI

Chiba ( JPN ) - 9 / 2 / 1992
Victories at the 2016 Dutch GP and the 2017 British Grand Prix convinced HRC to promote him to the MotoGP™ class in 2018 . He scored 33 points that year and 74 in 2019 despite carrying a shoulder from the Dutch GP . Nakagami arrived as a MotoGP™ force in 2020 however , scoring top ten finishes in each of the first ten races . He failed to continue that form in the following two years , however , as a variety of issues with an uncompetitive machine saw him score a single best result of fourth . With compatriot Ai Ogura waiting in the wings , Taka knows he must perform this year .
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FIRST RACE : Valencia , 2007 – 125cc
FIRST WIN : Assen , 2016 – Moto2™
YEARS IN MOTOGP™ : 6
TOTAL VICTORIES : 2
BEST MOTOGP™ CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH : 10th ( 2020 )
WORLD CHAMPION : 0
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