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Nakano 'ok' after high-speed crash

With just twenty-one minutes to go in the qualifying session before tomorrow's race, Shinya Nakano suffered a dramatic high-speed crash while in fourth-gear at turn 13. Fortunately though the Japanese rider feels fine and can continue his Grand Prix weekend.

Shinya Nakano qualified himself in eleventh place overall. The Japanese rider said about today's qualifying session: "Despite the crash I feel OK and I'm not hurt. It was a fast crash on one of the right-hand corners, so I was lucky. Compared to my crash down the Mugello straight a few years ago, it was a slow one! I was trying to improve my lap time and was adjusting my riding style a little but perhaps it was the wrong thing to do as I lost the front."

"I'm obviously a little disappointed, as I wanted something better from today for the Team and myself. After the crash I could improve my lap time with a qualifying tyre, but now we have to look forward to tomorrow and use morning warm-up to choose a tyre for the race."

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