NEWS RELEASE: HRC and Takaaki Nakagami Agree to Renew Contract
Tokyo, Japan, September 19, 2023 - Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) announced that it has reached an agreement with Takaaki Nakagami (31 years old, Chiba, Japan), currently competing in the FIM*1 Grand Prix World Championship MotoGP class for the LCR Honda IDEMITSU team, to extend their contract, beginning 2024.
*1 FIM: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
Nakagami begun his Moto2 class career in 2012. From 2014, he raced for IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia as part of Honda’s activities to nurture world-class riders from Asia. In 2018, the Japanese rider moved up to the premier class of MotoGP racing, and finished his debut season in 20th place overall. Now in his sixth season, Nakagami has raced 95 MotoGP class grands prix*2.
*2 As of September 10, 2023 (end of Round 12, San Marino)
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