MotoGP title contender Ai Ogura has withdrawn from the San Marino Grand Prix, along with his fractured thumb nonetheless recovering.
The Trackhouse rider obtained injured in a motocross coaching crash close to Toyko two weeks in the past, as he lay third within the 2026 riders’ standings.
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Though he swiftly underwent surgical procedure with famend surgeon Xavier Mir, Ogura was compelled to overlook the Aragon Grand Prix a couple of days later.
An x-ray examine was deliberate on Tuesday to be able to assess the viability of a Misano comeback this weekend, which docs have now suggested the 25-year-old towards – even earlier than MotoGP medical director Angel Charte had an opportunity to weigh in on Thursday.
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Trackhouse will enter solely Raul Fernandez within the San Marino GP, as Lorenzo Savadori, who stood in for the Japanese at brief discover at MotorLand Aragon, is unavailable this weekend.
Ogura will now keep in Barcelona, the place he’s being handled, with a view to return to motion at subsequent week’s Austrian GP.
However Wednesday’s information will make his title bid considerably more durable, as he already is 53 factors down on championship chief Jorge Martin.
Ai Ogura, Trackhouse Racing
Ai Ogura, Trackhouse Racing
Trackhouse’s assertion in full
“For the second race weekend in succession, the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP group will go into the race weekend with out Ai Ogura. After surgical procedure simply forward of Aragon and hopes {that a} week of rehabilitation therapy on his injured left thumb – the results of a motocross coaching crash in Japan, after Silverstone – would have allowed him to experience at Misano, the most recent medical recommendation following an evaluation in Barcelona late Tuesday is that he’s not, but, sufficiently healed to experience and subsequently, has withdrawn from the Grand Prix of San Marino.
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“Lorenzo Savadori – the Aprilia Manufacturing unit take a look at rider – who, at extraordinarily brief discover, agreed to step in as Ogura’s alternative at Aragon isn’t accessible to experience this weekend, at Misano, leaving the group no possibility however to enter the San Marino spherical with #25 Raul Fernandez alone.
“Ai Ogura will stay in Barcelona, specializing in efforts to regain health forward of the Grand Prix of Austria, one week away.”
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