When Marc Marquez fell from the lead of Sunday's French MotoGP at Le Mans, it promoted fellow Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami to third place. But the LCR rider knew he had a tough task on his hands to keep hold of a potential first premier-class podium, with all the RC213V riders lacking rear grip in the rain. "After I changed the bike in the flag-to-flag I was P4, and after Marc crashed I was P3, but I saw that there were 17 laps to go and I was thinking it's going to be tough," Nakagami said. "I tried to do my best, but I knew that a podium was difficult, because in the wet condition we don't have the pace to fight for the podium. "Dry conditions we have pace, and I'm...
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