Ai Ogura moves ౠup to MotoGP in 2025 as the reigning Moto2 world champion, riding for Trackhouse Aprilia.

Ai Ogura - Route to MotoGP

Ogura spent three years in Moto3 with Honda Team Asia, where he took eight podiu🃏ms but missed out on ཧa race victory.

Promoted🅠 to Moto2 by the Honda-backed team in 2021, Ogura quickly adapted to the larger machiner🦹y and celebrated a podium in Austria.

T⛦he Japanese star's rapid rise saw him fight for the title with three race wins in 2022, only to lose out to Augusto Fernandez.

Tipped as the 2ꦗ023 favourite, Ogura's final year with Honda Team Asia was wrecked by a wrist injury in pre-season testing.

Ogura's switch away from Honda Team Asia and Kalex had raised eyebows but his decis🅠ion to join the new MT Helmets-MSI (ex-Pons) squad on a B🐻oscoscuro chassis for the first year of Pirelli tyres proved inspired.

Although it took Ogura until round four to stand on the podium, and he only won thr🍷ee races, his eight podiums were more than enough to wrap up the title early in a 𝄹season where all riders struggled for consistency.

Ogura also proved that leaving Honda 💟hadn't harmed his MotoGP prospects when he was chosen b𓃲y Trackhouse Aprilia team director and renowned talent spotter Davide Brivio to join the satellite RS-GP team for 2025.