{"id":3312,"date":"2019-02-06T16:15:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2019-02-06T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:18:45","slug":"2019-pre-season-tests-begin-for-lcr-honda-and-nakagami-in-sepang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/2019\/02\/2019-pre-season-tests-begin-for-lcr-honda-and-nakagami-in-sepang\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 PRE-SEASON TESTS BEGIN FOR LCR HONDA AND NAKAGAMI IN SEPANG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After MotoGP\u2019s two-month winter testing ban finally came to an end, the LCR Honda Idemitsu Team returned to track action today at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Takaaki Nakagami was particularly eager to return to action on board his RC213V, after having topped the timesheets at the final test session of 2018 in Jerez back in November. After a short period of reacquainting himself with his machine on Wednesday, the Japanese star was back in the groove, setting the eighth fastest time of the day.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The MotoGP field remain in Sepang for two further days of testing on Thursday and Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Takaaki Nakagami \u2013 7th\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(2\u201900.158 \u2013 lap 54\u00a0of 55)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cThe overall position isn\u2019t so bad, but this morning it took a bit of time to get the feeling back with the bike. The last time we rode was in November so you notice two months without sitting on a MotoGP bike! During the winter I have done lots of training to prepare for the season ahead, but even then, it is always different to the real thing.\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u201cStep by step I got the feeling back with the bike and the lap time was eventually quite good. We need to focus a lot on the set-up of the machine at the moment, we are still not happy with the braking stability, but for the first day it\u2019s not so bad. 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