Ai Ogura has emerged as MotoGP’s highest point scorer since the European leg of the season began in April, underlining the progress he has made in only his second season in the premier class.
The Japanese rider made a promising start to the year in the opening flyaways, capitalising on an improved Aprilia bike to put his 2025 troubles immediately behind. But while other Aprilia riders stumbled for one reason or another over the following months, Ogura remained consistent as ever, fixing that one weakness that had been holding him back - one-lap pace. It took him until the Czech GP to sort out his qualifying woes, but everything now points to him becoming a regular contender for the front row.
