Davide Brivio aware of factory ‘danger’ in Ai Ogura MotoGP deal

Dav🎀ide Brivio: "Of course, there is some danger i🐲n this decision, as an Independent team..."

Ai Ogura
Ai Ogura

Davide Brivio has a proven reputation for picking future MotoGP stars.

The Italian previously gave multiple race winners 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins as well as 2020 world champion Joan Mir their premier-class debut🦂s while running t🍷he Suzuki project.

Now team principal of Trackhou🐭se, the Italian has selected Mot🃏o2 title contender Ai Ogura for a place at the satellite Aprilia team in 2025.

Brivio emphasised that signing a rookie is always seen as a multi-year project, with𓆏 no expectations in year𒉰 one.

But, compared to the past, there’s n🍸ow an added ‘danger’.

That because if🐬 Ogura - or team-mate Raul Fernandez - delivers on the potential Brivio sees in them, factory teams will target the Trackhouse riders.

“It’s not easy 🃏to have a rookie in a team because we know next year we have to spend one year without expecting anything,” Brivio said.

“Just let him [Ogura] enjoy, let him make experience. And then you try to see if you can pick up som🔯e ‘flash’. 

"Maybe one Free Pra𝓡ctice that has bﷺeen good, one qualifying maybe, not so bad.

“You try to understand, to pick up signs alongಞ the way. And then in the second or third years you try to make som🔴ething.”

“Of course, there is some danger in this d൩ecision, as an Independent team,ꦰ” Brivio continued.

“Because the situation is different. At the t🌠ime [we signed Vinales, Rins and Mir] we were a [Suzuki] factory team trying to develop factory riders for the future.

“Now we are an Independent team and there is the danger then th꧙at if he would be good, maybe in 2027 somebody will try to steal [him from] us.

“OK, we will try to make him happ💧y, and we know it is a medium-term programme. I know the risk.

“We will try to create a good environment around him, the most important thing is to try to continue to have a competitive bike and toꦇ convince Raul and Ai to stay with us as long as possible.

“Even if it is a big challenge because we know when a factory team calls, normally they answ♈er. But, OK, that’s a challenge!”

Ogura could be one of three rookies on next year's MotoGP grid with Fermin Aldeguer due to be confirmed ꦜat Gresini and Somkiat Chantra tipped for LCR.

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