The opening MotoGP Sprint of 2025 had a number of storylines running through it, one of which was Ai Ogura, who finished fourt𝓀h in h💮is first race in the premier class.

It was not a Grand Prix, of course, but Ogura took fourth place at the beginning of the race when he passed multiple riders around th✅e outside of turn one, and then held position until the end, finishing 4.4 seconds off theౠ win as the best non-Ducati rider.

It was a performance which impressed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli, who tried to pass the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trackhouse Racing rider🙈 at the beginning of the race at turn fou🌼r, and was ultimately unable to mount another challenge.

🌳“Today, the MVP of the day, which is Ai Ogura, was impressive,” Morbidelli said, adding that he was surprised at how long the rookie’s pa🀅ce lasted.

“To overtake him in the beginning of the race I made a mistake, then I wಌas expecting him to drop baওck some spots.

“But instead he had a spotless race, it was impressive, and it waꦉs very hot, but very beautiful at the same time to see him race in this way in his first Sprint race ever in MotoGP.”

The Italian added that he was not any more impressed by Ogura because he’s riding an Aprilia, only because he’s a rookie, and made a comparison♚ with another rider who stood out on debut.

“We’ve seen Aprilias being very quick in Sprint ra🏅ces, so it doesn’t surprise me that he’s on an Aprilia; what surprises me is that this is his first race weekend ever in MotoGP,” Morbidelli said.

“We see how rookie🅘s struggle in new categories, apart from Pedro Acosta and Ai Ogura.”

Aprilia official test rider Lorenzo Savadori, who is racing in Thailand🎶 this weekend in place of the injured Jorge Martin, said: “I’m happy for the result for Ai, for Ogura, because it was very impressive and we are working in a correct way and we are happy.”

Regarding what has impressed him about Ogura, Savadori added: “The feeling 🍌he has after eight days of testing, because he rode very well, very smooth, and aggressive in some points.

“Honestly, I’m happy for me and for Aprilia because also he’s a rookie and he’s able to arrive to 100 per cent, or close to 100 per cent, in the Sprint because he did a very good Sprintᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ.

“Also, in general, this track for u♐s is not a super🧸-friendly track for us, so it’s positive.”

Ogura himself 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:said h꧙is Sprint performance was “a big surprise,” but said he was able to use his position to learn some things abou♉t riding technique in MotoGP, pa꧒rticularly about how to ride smoothly.

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren at Buriram.