MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura believes the step from Moto3 to Moto2 is harder than the jump betwee🎉n Moto2 and the premier class.

The reigning Moto2 champion joins the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Trackhouse Racing Aprilia squad for the 2025 and 2026 seaso🦩ns, having been a surprise signing by the out🐈fit last summer.

Ogura turned heads with an impressive race simul🍌ation during the Sepang shakedown two w🐼eeks ago and ended the official test in Malaysia 14th on the final day.

Asked about the difference between going from Moto3 tꩲo Moto2 and Moto2 to MotoGP, Ogura made a surprising admiꦉssion.

“I think the first day with the ꦍMoto2 bike. I don’t know [why], maybe from Moto3 to Moto2 is a bigger step,” h💛e said.

“It’s just what I feel. It was just the day after I finished the Moto3 season and in Portimao I couldn’t 🅠make a corner, especially the first corner.

“So, almost 300km/h, bigger tyre, I was struggling to lean the bike eve🍎n. For me, it was really tough. Moto2 to Mo𓄧toGP was a bit more [easier] for me.”

Ogura will have two more days of testing at Buriram on his RS-GP before making his MotoGP race d𝔍ebut in the Thai Grand Prix at the end of the month.

Asked what he expects from this test, ♛he re𝓰plied: “Just to find the right timing on the circuit, because we will have the first race here. So, it’s nice I can test two days in a circuit.”

The no-nonsense Japanese youngster didn’t give away much when asked what he feels needs to improve on the bike and ﷽with himself, simply stating: “Everything”.

Pinpointing a specific area he is struggling with on the MotoGP bike, Ogura says straightline braki🅺ng is “the🐬 main issue right now”.

In terms of♌ his physical preparations, Ogura believes he is at least strong enough to do a race distance and not suffer with any arm pump.

“I don’t know if I’m st💞rong enough or not but I’m ok for 20 laps,” he said.

“That’s what I know. Maybe 𝔉I get even stronger, but I don’t know. But at the moment I have no arm pump or whatever for race distance.”

Ogura will have his team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez back on track wit🎃h him at Buriram, after the Span🥀iard was ruled out of the Sepang test after a day one crash.

Fernandez has had surgery on a left hand fracture bu𒅌t will attempt to ride this week ahead of the opening ꦉround of the season.