32 Facts About Ai Ogura

Ai Ogura is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes in MotoGP for Trackhouse MotoGP Team.

Ai Ogura previously competed in Moto2 and Moto3 for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, finishing as championship runner-up in 2022.

Ai Ogura finished 11th in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, in 2017 he participated in 9 out of 12 races of the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship while taking part in the 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, finishing 5th which earned him a promotion to the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior Championships the following season.

Ai Ogura made his Moto3 World Championship debut as a wildcard during the 2018 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing 15th and scoring his maiden point.

Ai Ogura made three more wildcard appearances, wherein two of them he finished outside the points, and crashed with 3 laps to go in the German Grand Prix after a collision with Gabriel Rodrigo when he was running 9th.

Ai Ogura participated in the FIM CEV Moto3 where he finished fifth in the standings.

Ai Ogura signed with Honda Team Asia for the 2019 Moto3 World Championship alongside compatriot Kaito Toba, who had spent the previous two seasons with said team.

Ai Ogura scored points in fourteen out of the nineteen races, and managed to finish second in the Aragon Grand Prix, it being his single podium and best result of the season.

Ai Ogura was coincidentally collected by Andrea Migno in both of the San Marino and Thai rounds in the very last lap while running 4th.

Ai Ogura finished 10th in the standings with 109 points.

Ai Ogura remained second in the standings for the most part of the season and took the championship battle with Tony Arbolino and Albert Arenas to the last round in Portugal, where the latter ended up taking the crown, while Ai Ogura lost the second spot in the standings to Arbolino.

In 2021, Ai Ogura was promoted to Moto2, riding for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia alongside Thai Somkiat Chantra.

Ai Ogura missed the Valencia round as a result of an injury sustained after crashing in the Algarve Grand Prix where he suffered a small left-foot fracture.

Ai Ogura was beaten by Fernandez to the rookie of the year award, who finished second in the standings.

Meanwhile Ai Ogura ended up 8th with 120 points and managed to finish ahead of teammate Chantra.

For 2022 Ai Ogura remained in the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, where he fought for the title until the last race.

Ai Ogura started off the season achieving two podiums in the first four rounds in Argentina and COTA.

Ai Ogura was involved in a multi-rider crash in the Portuguese Grand Prix when he was running third after a rain shower unexpectedly hit part of the track resulting in unwarned riders losing control of their machines.

Ai Ogura was able to pick up the bike and bring it to the pits but was not allowed to restart as five minutes had already passed after the red flag had been shown.

Ai Ogura earned his first World Championship win in the sixth round in Jerez starting from pole position.

Ai Ogura ultimately lost the championship to Fernandez after crashing in the last round in Valencia.

Ai Ogura started the season in COTA, and earned three podiums in total, one being second in his home race in Motegi.

Two weeks later HRC revealed that Ai Ogura would stay linked with their program next season.

Ai Ogura started the season with consistent performances edging the podium spots until Le Mans, where he finished second, and the next race in Barcelona where he got his first win of the season, in front of teammate and championship leader Garcia.

Ai Ogura won again in Assen and was third in Sachsenring.

On 15 August 2024, ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, Trackhouse Racing announced that Ai Ogura would be promoted to MotoGP in a 2-year deal with the American team for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, partnering Raul Fernandez.

Ai Ogura went on to win the San Marino Grand Prix only three weeks after suffering his fracture, which placed him as championship leader for the first time.

Ai Ogura finished the season with a fourth position in the Solidarity Grand Prix, earning three wins and eight podiums in total.

Ai Ogura had an impressive debut weekend at the Thai Grand Prix.

Ai Ogura grew up in a racing family, where his father passed on his interest in motoracing.

Ai Ogura has expressed how his father helped him with bike repairs and settings since he started racing with pocket bikes at the age of three.

Ai Ogura's older sister Karen is a motorcycle racer, who has competed in MotoAmerica, All Japan Road Race Championship and Suzuka 4 hours.