First pole in two years for Ogura at Silverstone

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The Japanese Ai Ogura He has a good chance of becoming the new World Championship leader at Silverstone after scoring his first Moto2 World Championship pole since Sepang in 2022, a campaign in which he fought for the title. He will lead the front row ahead of Arón Canet, the Valencian with good mental pace, and Diogo Moreira while his team-mate Sergio García Dols will start 16th. There are seven points separating both in the table.

From the first turn, the Japanese Ai Ogura made the difference, breaking the record with his 2’03″097 and in the next one he dropped to 2’02″940, leading the provisional front row after first round against Canet and Vietti. The Japanese, who has the option to jump to MotoGP with Trackhouse Aprilia next year, will return to the Boscoscuro chassis at the final Grands Prix. At Silverstone the tables were turned and his partner in MT Helmets Sergio Garcia Dollshe was only 13th after the first round.

In the second and final race there were almost no more changes – the pole was decided by 52 thousandths between Ogura and Canet – than the arrival of the Brazilian Moreira in third place. Despite improving his time, García Dols did not go from 16th to 0.719 behind his teammate and it was difficult for him to defend his lead Fermín Aldeguer, who had to earn his place in the repechage, was eleventh .

Q2 Moto2 classification

Source: La Verdad

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