MotoGP newcomers have “a thousand things to improve” - can they cope?
Rookies reflect on Sepang shakedown test

Three MotoGP roཧokies are now well on their way to learning the ropes of their new machinery.
Trackhouse Aprilia’s Ai Ogura, Gresini Ducati’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fermin Aldeguer and LCR Honda’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Somkiat Chantra aꩲre the trio of new faces in the premier class for 20ꦗ25.
They completed the three-day shakedown test in Sepang, before the majority ofཧ their rivals return to the track this we🌠ek for the official test.
The pressure on the rook🐽ies to hit the g🍒round running will soon ramp up.
Trackhouse’s Ogura said: "It was a good start for the season. We did a good job, al🌜l three days.
“For the moment, whatever comes is positive.”
Ogura said about the official test this week: “I still haven’t had much time on a MotoGP bike. There are a thous𝄹and things to improv💞e!
“I don’t have, at this point🐭, [anywhere in particular] to improve.
“Lap by lap, session by 🌳session, I try to improve the bike. We hope to get to the top.”
Aldeguer, Marc Marquez’s replacement at Greဣsini, said: “During the shaked♍own test, I felt good. The first day was difficult.
“Physically, it was crazy!
“We worked in a good way, lap by lap. We improved a lot. We are arriving with a good time. This is important, we h👍aven’t stopped, and we are already getting better.
“I have improved by tඣwo seconds. But it’s not about the time. We have to continue with this calm, and to improve with the top riders and better conditions.
“MotoGP bikes are harder than Moto2. But alsoও the race is longer.
I have to continue working on my physical condition, and 💖to arrive in Thailand.”
Chantra, who is entဣering MotoGP on the worst bike available, said: “I had two days at the shakedown. The first day we tried to underst༺and how the bike was working. It was a good day for me, to try the new bike.
“I tried to know how the💝 bike goes, and the electronics. It was different to the Barcelona test.
“On the second day, we did a different test and we impr✱oved our lap time.
“But I am still far. “
Chantra said about how to improve: “When I check the data of my teammate, or Taka, I was losi🔴ng a lot on Se𓂃ctor 1, 2 and 3. I was good at Sector 4.
“I lost a lot of corner speed. At the stop and go corner, it ♋was similar.”
The three 𒅌rookies will join the remainder of MotoGP’s riders at the three-day Sepang test on February 5-7 this week.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveri꧋ng every🦩thing from American sports, to football, to F1.