Katsuyuki Nakasuga makes a wild-card entry in Japan

Japanese rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga will make his sixth wild-card entry in MotoGP next weekend with the Yamaha YZR-M1 machine.

Nakasuga is the factory MotoGP test rider and he also has 3 wins in the "Suzuka 8 Hours" race and is a 5-time Japanese Superbike champion.

His best result in the Japanese MotoGP was in 2015 when he finished on 8th place and last year he was 11th.