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NAKAGAMI

Birthplace : Chiba DOB : 1992-02-09
Height : 175 cm Weight : 70 kg
Nakagami spent two years in the 125cc category in 2008 and 2009 , but really came into his own in Moto2™ in 2013 , when he secured five podium finishes . A move to the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia squad for 2014 didn ’ t bring instant success . But victories at the 2016 Dutch TT 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 TT . 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 the following year , as a variety of issues with an uncompetitive machine saw him score a single best result of fourth . He has it all to improve again in 2022 on a much-improved new Honda .
BIKE : 2022 Honda RC213V POWER : Over 260 horsepower , 193kW
GEARBOX : 6-speed seamless transmission SUSPENSION : Öhlins
CHASSIS : Aluminium twin-spar TYRES : Michelin , 17 ” front and rear
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