Takaaki Nakagami gives Honda a much needed boost by leading final practice for the 2021 Valencia MotoGP season finale. Pol Espargaro, Repsol Honda's only rider this weekend after the withdraw of Marc Marquez and second fastest on Friday, will miss the remainder of the afternoon (and is clearly in doubt for Sunday) after this morning's huge Turn 13 highside, which left the Spaniard with pain in his ribs. Meanwhile,  a tough time in previous sessions, where he was no higher than ninth, new world champion Fabio Quartararo sprung up the order to lead for much of FP4, on the hard front and medium rear tyre on his way to second. Suzuki's Alex Rins was likewise consistently quick for...
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