The MotoGP rookie who is “already looking good”
Ai Ogura looks ahead to debut season
Trackhouse Racing MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura says Fermin Aldeguer is “already look🍸ing good” after his first test, while the reigning Moto2 champion “has to adapt a little bit more”.
Ogura is one of three MotoGP rooꦏkies making the step🅰 up to the premier class in 2025 alongside Aldeguer at Gresini Ducati and LCR Honda’s Somkiat Chantra.
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All three made their on-track debut last November at the post-season test in Barcelona, with Aldeguer the 💞fastest of the bunch at just under four tenths clear of Ogura.
Asked by mahbx.com if there was anything he felt his fellow rookies did that would be well-suited to MotoGP, Ogura said following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:the Trackhouse 2025 launch event: “First of all, it’s always nice to have rider li🗹ke me, who are rookies, because it👍 means I’m not alone and there are three riders moving up from Moto2.
“So, it’s nice t💖o see. They are good benchmarks.So, it’s always nice to have those kind of riders.
“Fermin was a🐷lready looking good on a MotoGP bike in Barcelona.
“Somkiat and Ai have to ad♈apt a little bit more, but I think we are all three quite at the same level in thꦆe Barcelona test.
“So, we will see. But I 🦄hope that we all three will𒁃 do well.”
Ogura cu🅷t a relaxed figure a♍fter his first test last November, noting that the speed of a MotoGP bike and the stopping power of the carbon brakes was not a big shock for him.
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One unique challenge for rookies in modern MotoGP is adapting to t♒he sprint format, which Ogura says isn’t ideal for newcomers.
“I think especially for us, the style of the we𓆉ekend, how it goes, fr🐭om Friday is kind of qualifying already,” he said.
“So, maybe for the rookies w🐈e n🦋eed a little bit more time to adapt and to understand. So, it’s not for us, I guess, but it’s like this.”
Ogura has signed a two-year deal to race for Trackhouse in the premi🧜er class and will join Raul Fernandez, who retu𝔉rns for his fourth season in MotoGP.
Trackhouse kicked off MotoGP’s 2025 launch 🔥season on Tuesday at🌳 its Charlotte base in North Carolina.
The factory Aprilia squa💮d will follow next on 16 January, with Aldeguer launchin𓂃g Gresini’s season on 18 January.
