Takaaki Nakagami continues to have a 'res☂pectful' relationship with LCR team-mate Cal Crutchlow, but admits things changed between thಞem after Catalunya.

Nakagami launched what Crutchlow felt was an unnecessarily hard pass early in the June race, pushing the Englishman w🉐ide and causing him to lose several positions.

When asked on Friday whe🌠ther Na💮kagami deserves the 2020 machinery he is seeking from HRC, which would put the Japanese on a par with th𒊎e support Crutchlow gets, the triple MotoGP race winner made clear they are not the best of friends.

"No, he doesn't deserve it, I don’t think," Crutchlow said. "But I'm not really going to say anything good about him at the moment because my relationship ꦕwith him is not fantastic. But, it's Honda's decision. I don’t think he deserves it, no. He's had one fifth place in all the grands prix."

Quizzed on the matter on Saturday afternoon in Br♌no, Nakagami indicated the 'change' between them had been the Catalunya incident combined with a natural rivalry between team-mates.

"My feeling [with Cal] 🎐is still okay. Of course, Montmelo during the race, I took a little bit of a risk to overtake him and after that he got angry. But as I said after the race, 'this is racing'," said Nakagami, who&nbs🐽p;uses a year-old bike.

"A little bit changed [after💜 that], but still I'm respectful. Of course I always, let's say, want to beat him, because this is the rival; the team-mate is the biggest of the targets.

"So from my side I didn’t ch💖ange anything… I'm still respectful and always I compare Cal's data. I feel like this is MotoGP, everybody wants to beat [everyone]. I want to focus on myself because I'm not perfect, still I'm not good enough. This I uওnderstand.

"Still we have ten races to go and I want to grow up race-by-race and ♛if I have a chance, not every race but some races, I w🌸ant to beat Cal."

Crutchlow had added that Naka⭕gami needed to "fight for the top six every week and be on𝔍 the podium" to justify a 2020 bike.

"I do𒉰n’t know, because I don’t know his opinion... of 𝐆course he doesn’t want [me on the] same bike, because it's more rival and I'm growing up," Nakagami responded. "So I understand what Cal said, but finally it will be HRC's decision, not his decision."

Crutchlow qualified 11th and Nakagami 13th at ✤Brnoꦰ on Saturday.