‘He did nothing wrong’ - Takaaki Nakagami insists Honda team-mate Marc Marquez was not at fault for latest crash

Marc Marquez “wasn’t ready” to compete in Sunday's German MotoGP after fracturing his finger following a crash in the warm-up. Although he was passed fit to race, Marquez dropped out, suggesting the bike was causing him too much physical stress. Ad His Honda team-mate Takaaki Nakagami, however, didn’t believe Marquez was at fault for the Spaniard's latest costly incident.

Grand Prix GermanyMartin boosts title hopes with breathless German Grand Prix victoryA DAY AGO “Honestly, before he had the crash I was behind him,” Nakagami said, as he analysed the moment Marquez came off his bike. “I couldn’t see anything wrong with his riding. “The speed was good.

I didn’t see, from behind, that he did anything wrong. But he lost the rear. The bike doesn’t stop that spin.

I saw a massive high-side. “I was scared because we use the same bike. I had the same feeling that the corner was really tricky.

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We need to find a solution for a safer bike.” Nakagami, the only Honda rider that featured, finished the race in 14th place. The other three riders, Joan Mir, Alex Rins and Marquez, are all nursing broken bones in an indication that the bike is causing them to take too much risk. Nakagami was also involved in a crash on Friday where he hurt a previously damaged hand but came away without any major damage.

“It cannot be worse,” Nakagami said about the Japanese manufacturer’s current state in MotoGP. “We are normally four riders, four bikes. But today I was the only