Following on from Aleix Espargaro’s wildcard appearance at the Spanish GP, it’s the turn of Takaaki Nakagami to don the Honda HRC Test Team leathers as the Japanese rider gets set for a racing return at the Michelin® Grand Prix of France.
After competing in MotoGP for seven seasons between 2018 and 2024, Nakagami became one of Honda HRC’s trusted Test Riders for 2025 and having completed several private tests, the 33-year-old will take part in his first Grand Prix since last year’s Solidarity GP in November as Honda continue to take profit of MotoGP’s concession rules.
Nakagami was also on track at the recent Jerez Test, where he completed 62 laps, as the #30 gears up to re-join MotoGP’s elite in front of a sellout Le Mans crowd – a circuit where he has four top 10 results at in MotoGP.