Ai Ogura is the new Trackhouse rider in MotoGP for 2025, and one of the three rookies for the upcoming season. His teammate will be Raúl Fernández.
For the first time since entering MotoGP, the Spanish rider will be the most experienced member of a team. He expressed confidence in the abilities of the Japanese rider:
– I’m happy with Ogura. For sure, he has the talent, and I saw some footage of him, and he brakes well. So, he will be fast on a MotoGP bike.
Fernández added: ‘I didn’t speak with him, but for sure it will be very nice for him’.
This year, Ogura became the Moto2 World Champion, after finishing as the vice-champion in the same category in 2022 and third in the Moto3 World Championship in 2020. The Asian rider had his first contact with MotoGP during last week’s tests in Barcelona.