Nakagami back with Honda HRC Test Team in Japan
Takaaki Nakagami makes it five Honda RC213Vs and two Japanese riders on the grid for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix. Making his second appearance as a wildcard with the Honda HRC Test Team and his fourth overall appearance of the year, Nakagami ended Friday in 21st with a best time of 1’44.202.
Takaaki Nakagami
“Positive overall for me personally and the Test Team. The position isn’t the best, but the lap times are really tight so just a tenth can make a big difference. We do a lot of tests here but we are not normally using the soft, so it was the first time I put a soft tyre in quite a while. With this we needed to change our setup and there’s not a lot of time during the weekend to do this. Clearly some things to improve for tomorrow, we have a plan to make some steps and get closer. Our confidence and performance is growing and it was great to see the performance of the full time riders who were all really strong today.”
