A MotoGP rider has found himself un🃏der perhaps unexpected duress🐓 from his teammate’s form.

The first rule of racing is always to beat your teammate but a rookღie’s eye-catching first races have put renewed focus on the more experienced rider ne🀅xt to him.

Ai Ogura burst into MotoGP with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Trackhouse Racing by qualifying fifth in the season-opening Th꧅ailand round, then registering P4 and P5 finishes.

Ogura thought he had backed up that impressive debut with a P8 in the grand prix in Argentina until a straꦰnge infringement saw him disqualified.

“He’s a guy who, throughou𒆙t his career, has been overlooked because he🙈 isn’t jazz-hands or ‘look at me’,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said.

“He’s a quiet and shy individual.

“All of a sudden, his personality has be▨en allowe♊d to come out. He’s a wry character.”

Trackhouse rider 'under pressure'

Suzi Perry said about Ogura: “He’s glass half-empty. Any interview pre-race he’ll tell you all o𝕴f the negatives. He isn’t somebody 🌊who says ‘this circuit will suit me’.”

Michael Laverty said: “He is modest and understated, but fas🍃t!”

Hodgson added: “When journalists ask him ‘what do you need to improve?’ He gives one൩-liners like ‘I need to be faster!’

“💃His quirky personality is really star𝓀ting to shine.”

But the success of Ogura has brought new attention to his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez.

Now in his fourth premier class season, he achie🍒ved a 𓆉personal-best 16th in the championship in 2024.

“[Ogura] puts huge pressure on Fernandez’s shꦛou🏅lders,” Laverty said.

“Raul has had a few years of experience in MotoGP now. He’s had a few crashes, he has led laps, but he’s never delivered the performance that Ogura did at the Thailand MotoGP. It heaps the ไpressure onto Fernandez, he has got to deliver.

“It’s ꦗgreat for Trackhouse to get Ogura. People were critical of 𒁏the decision but it’s been proven to be the right one.”

Trackhouse, the US-backed satel𒐪lite project o𝔍f Aprilia, were linked with American rider Joe Roberts last year.

However, they instead chose Ogura ♚which surprised many pad💝dock insiders.

Their faith in the Japanese rider h꧟as so far been justified - even if it has piled thꦑe scrutiny onto teammate Fernandez.