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Takaaki Nakagami sets a pace fast enough for a debut MotoGP podium after falling at COTA: 'The cost of that small mistake was massive'

A thoroughly dominant Marc Marquez returns to winning ways at COTA after leading every lap of the American MotoGP.

Not for the first time this season, Takaaki Nakagami tops MotoGP warm-up at COTA, while Marc Marquez was second. 

Warm-up results from the Austin MotoGP at COTA, round 15 of 18 in the 2021 world championship.

Marc Marquez will start on the front row of a MotoGP grid for the first time in over a year after claiming P3 at COTA; ‘Of course, happy to be in the front row. We know one of our weak points is the qualifying practice, but today we were able to manage it in a good way’.

A stunning final lap from Jack Miller during MotoGP FP3 at COTA puts him fastest by over six tenths from Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami.

Has Takaaki Nakagami made a late-season breakthrough with his LCR Honda?

Lap times as of 5pm, with one hour remaining during the second and final day of the 2021 official Misano MotoGP test.

Despite another top ten finish in Aragon for MotoGP rookie Jorge Martin, the Pramac Ducati rider ‘not happy about the result’ after physical condition gives the Spaniard difficulties.

Pole sitter for the Aragon MotoGP, Francesco Bagnaia, tops morning warm-up from Takaaki Nakagami and Joan Mir.

Fabio Quartararo tops a thrilling MotoGP FP3 at Aragon, while Marc Marquez suffers yet another crash at T14.

Brad Binder’s reputation as a Sunday man was once again on full display during the Styrian MotoGP as he claimed fourth place after starting 16th.

Takaaki Nakagami claims his best MotoGP result of the season with fifth, but says any attempt at regaining fourth at the final corner was too risky due to track limits; ‘I was thinking to try again on the last corner, but I already got the track limit warning in the beginning of the race, so I cannot attack again.”

Jorge Martin overcomes a 30 minute red flag delay - caused by Lorenzo Savadori’s Aprilia catching fire at turn three after hitting Dani Pedrosa’s stricken KTM, to claim a stunning first MotoGP win in Styria.

Takaaki Nakagami leaves it late to pip Joan Mir and Aleix Espargaro during FP1 for the Styrian MotoGP.

Free Practice (1) results from the Styrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, round 10 of the 2021 world championship.

Despite being one of the riders who’s crashed the most so far this season, Pol Espargaro remains set on continuing his current method of finding the limit; ‘I like to ride like that, on the limit, crashing with the front. For me it’s the only way of racing in MotoGP.”

Takaaki Nakagami far from satisfied with his MotoGP season so far; 'Difficult to give a number but around 3.5 or 4 [out of 10]. Less than 5.'

Takaaki Nakagami’s wait for a maiden MotoGP podium continues after a ‘big mistake’ mid-race saw him drop to ninth. 

Fabio Quartararo takes his fourth MotoGP win of the 2021 season with a dominant Dutch TT display. 

The man in the headlines both on and off track, Maverick Vinales tops his fifth MotoGP session of the weekend with warm-up at Assen.

Maverick Vinales comes out on top in a brilliant duel for pole with team-mate Fabio Quartararo at the Dutch MotoGP.

Maverick Vinales finishes fastest for the third consecutive MotoGP practice in Assen, as Johann Zarco and Marc Marquez missed out on automatic progress to Q2.

2019 Assen MotoGP winner Maverick Vinales finishes FP1 quickest from Pol Espargaro and Suzuki rider Alex Rins.