Takaaki Nakagami was left with “mixed feelings” after matching his best ever result of fourth in the European Grand Prix, ruing the fact it is “not a podium”. The LCR Honda racer remained within the leading group throughout the entirety of the 27-lap contest held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, though dropped from his third-place grid spot to fifth in the early-goings. Nakagami was able to unleash his now-customary late race performance to recover to fourth after dispatching Tech 3’s Miguel Oliveira, but just ran out of time to catch KTM’s Pol Espargaro and Alex Rins’ Suzuki ahead. He took the chequered flag just 0.991 behind Espargaro after lapping consistently...
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