Ogura to miss San Marino MotoGP with hand injury
Aprilia-Trackhouse said the 25-year-old will sit out a second straight MotoGP race as he recovers from a fractured left thumb.
- Japanese rider Ai Ogura will miss his second consecutive MotoGP race at this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix as he continues to recover from hand surgery, Aprilia-Trackhouse announced on Wednesday.
- Ogura fractured his left thumb while training on a motocross bike in Japan; a medical assessment in Barcelona on Tuesday confirmed the injury had not healed enough for him to compete.
- Missing the Aragon Grand Prix in late August caused Ogura to slip from third to fifth in the world championship standings, trailing factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin by 53 points.
- With Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori unavailable, Raul Fernandez will represent the team at the San Marino Grand Prix; Trackhouse team principal Davide Brivio said, "We decided to follow the advice of the medical team."
- Team officials abandoned plans for a return at Misano, stating the injury was "not sufficiently healed" for him to ride, with Ogura now targeting the Grand Prix of Austria in one week.
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Japanese rider Ai Ogura will miss the second consecutive MotoGP World Championship race. The Japanese rider will not compete in the San Marino Grand Prix this weekend. Ogura, who is fighting for the top spot in the MotoGP World Championship this year, is still recovering from a hand operation. Broadcasts from Misano from Friday on Kanal A and VOYO.
Operated with the left hand two weeks ago, the Trackhouse driver continues his recovery and will miss the San Marino Grand Prix. A blow that distances him from the world title.
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Ogura slipped from third to fifth in the world championship standings while sitting out of the Aragon Grand Prix in late August. The 25-year-old is now 53 points adrift of leader Jorge Martin in the riders' standings and set to lose more ground. "A medical assessment in Barcelona late on Tuesday confirmed his injured left thumb has not healed enough for him to ride," Aprilia-Trackhouse said in a social media post. "He will remain in Barcelona, f…
Ogura will also miss the San Marino Grand Prix and the Rimini Riviera of MotoGP. The Japanese driver of the Trackhouse Racing will not be at the start of the next appointment of the top-class in Misano, scheduled this weekend. The latest medical checks carried out in Barcelona have confirmed that the fracture to the thumb of the [...]
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