Motorcycling-Ai Ogura Takes Pole at Czech Grand Prix with Brno Lap Record | Sports-Games
Ai Ogura turned a strong weekend into a Brno lap record and pole, while Marc Marquez qualified fifth after a track-limits penalty.
- On Saturday, Trackhouse Racing's Ai Ogura secured his maiden MotoGP pole at the Czech Grand Prix, setting a new lap record of 1 minute 51.130 seconds at Brno in qualifying.
- Qualifying unfolded at a frantic pace, with LCR Honda's Diogo Moreira setting the initial pace before Ogura, who had topped all of Friday's sessions, moved to the top.
- Ogura finished ahead of VR46 Racing Team's Fabio Di Giannantonio and Francesco Bagnaia, who had claimed pole at this circuit in 2025 but could not match the pace.
- Defending Brno winner Marc Marquez qualified fifth after his first flying lap was deleted for exceeding track limits, while Marco Bezzecchi climbed to fourth late in the session.
- The breakthrough result positions Ogura to lead the field on Sunday at one of MotoGP's most demanding circuits, though he acknowledged "it will be a long race.
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The Japanese team Aprilia-Trackhouse broke the record of the lap that he had made the previous day in qualifying for the first pole position in his career.
Japan’s Ogura smashes own track record to take Czech MotoGP pole
Japanese rider Ai Ogura attends the afternoon practice session for the Czech MotoGP in Brno. (EPA Images pic) PRAGUE: Aprilia rider Ai Ogura smashed his own track record to earn his maiden pole position for the Czech MotoGP in Brno on Saturday. Japan’s Ogura, a 25-year-old Trackhouse MotoGP Team rider, topped Friday’s practices, improving the track record by over half a second in the Czech Republic’s second city. In Saturday’s scorching heat, he…
Ai Ogura has taken the pole off his sleeve. The Japanese has taken the pole in Brno, the first of his life at MotoGP, dropping in 1.2 seconds the time of Francesco Bagnaia’s pole last year. 1:51.139 is the record that the trackhouse driver has achieved, two tenths faster than his first-row mates, Fabio Di Giannantonio, second, and Bagnaia, third. Marc Márquez will leave from the fifth position of the grill, just behind the leader of the World Ch…
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