{"id":5090,"date":"2019-05-17T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2019-05-20T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:57:57","slug":"taka-back-in-the-top-10-at-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/2019\/05\/taka-back-in-the-top-10-at-le-mans\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKA BACK IN THE TOP 10 AT LE MANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE: 17 May 2019 | Le Mans GP Practice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Takaaki Nakagami made a solid start as free practice for the French Grand Prix got underway at Le Mans on Friday. The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider once again cracked the top 10 to ensure he\u2019s in good shape should the bad weather forecast for Saturday qualifying arrive as predicted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nakagami endured a rather low-key morning as he managed only the 15<sup>th<\/sup> fastest time in FP1. However, he improved by nearly a second in an FP2 session that saw multiple crashes, to finish the day in ninth position overall. That result will guarantee the Japanese star a place in Q2 should rain prevent the riders from improving their times in FP3 tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5090 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-4.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-4-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-8.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-8-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-10.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-10-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Takaaki Nakagami \u2013 9th<br \/>\n(1\u201932.203\u00a0\u2013 lap 17\u00a0of 20)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201c<em>We still had quite a struggle to find the grip, especially on the edge and we struggled in both\u00a0 the FP1 and FP2 sessions. But, luckily, I managed to get into the top 10 because the weather forecast tomorrow looks bad. Our first priority is to get into the top 10 and get into Q2; we used two soft tyres, that was our strategy and we did well, but we still need to improve on the edge grip. <\/em><em>It\u2019s been a long time since I rode in wet conditions with this bike, it would be like starting from zero. But it will be the same for everybody (if it rains on Saturday), so we\u2019ll prepare well for all conditions and, if it does stay dry, we can continue to try and improve. If it\u2019s wet, we\u2019ll try two different set-ups on the bike and see what works best<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5090 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-3.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Le-Mans_Nakagami_FRENTUBO-3-300x200.jpg\" 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The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider once again cracked the top 10 to ensure he\u2019s in good shape should the bad weather forecast for Saturday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frentubo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}