Dani Pedrosa has taken the blame for the crash that took him and fellow Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami out of contention on the opening lap of MotoGP's Italian Grand Prix. Works Honda rider Pedrosa ended up in the gravel at Turn 2 at Mugello after running into the back of Alvaro Bautista's Nieto Ducati, collecting Nakagami's LCR machine in the process. It followed Pedrosa's worst-ever MotoGP grid position, after he struggled to 20th place during qualifying amid a chronic lack of rear grip and stability issues along the main straight. "Basically I touched Bautista’s rear wheel and then I lost the front, and my bike took Nakagami down," explained Pedrosa. "I came out of the...
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