Marquez endured a miserable weekend at the Sachsenring in which he crashed five times, the last one leaving him with a small fracture on his thumb.
The eight-time world champion ultimately withdrew from Sunday’s race, leaving Nakagami as the only Honda rider on the grid.
Following Marquez at the time he crashed in Sunday’s warm-up session, Nakagami says the Spaniard “wasn’t overriding” and he was left spooked by the incident.
“Very tough weekend,” Nakagami began.
“Unfortunately, after the warm-up, only one rider at Honda. I was behind Marc and I saw that nasty crash.
“I was behind him. From behind, looks… I mean, he wasn’t overriding. He didn’t miss the apex, looked nice.
“Just he lost the rear somehow. He had a massive highside. When I saw this, honestly I was scared because it’s the same bike and a couple of times I had the same feeling.
“Fortunately, I didn’t have a highside, but a couple of times it was close.”
Source: Autosport