Ai Ogura

Ai Ogura
Ogura at the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix
NationalityJapanese
Born (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 (age 23)
Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Current teamTrackhouse Racing
Bike number79
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2021–2024
ManufacturersKalex (2021–2023)
Boscoscuro (2024)
Championships1 (2024)
2024 championship position1st (274 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
74 6 19 5 3 773.5
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2018–2020
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2020 championship position3rd (170 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
37 0 8 1 2 280

Ai Ogura (小椋藍, Ogura Ai, born 26 January 2001) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer who will be competing in MotoGP for Trackhouse Racing in 2025. He was recently crowned 2024 Moto2 World Champion with MT Helmets – MSi, being the first japanese to win a world championship in fifteen years since Hiroshi Aoyama in 2009.[2]

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

Ogura is the first Asia Talent Cup graduate to make it to MotoGP, alongside Somkiat Chantra.[3]

  1. ^ "Ogura, Ai". Asia Talent Cup. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Moto2 Thailand: Ahead of MotoGP, Ogura ends 15-year wait for Japan". paddock-gp.com. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. ^ "History made: Ogura becomes first ATC graduate to earn MotoGP™ seat". asiatalentcup.com. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.