Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro) arrives at the Thai Grand Prix of Moto2 that will take place this weekend at the Buriram circuit facing his great challenge of mathematically proclaiming himself world champion.
The Japanese are left with ‘only’ three rivals in the fight for the world title, the three Spaniards. The first of them, Arón Canet (Kalex), which he leads with 65 points, so he needs him not to add eleven more than him to become championthe rest, Fermín Aldeguer and Sergio García Dols, both on Boscoscuro paths, are at 66 or, which is the same, the Japanese must not get more than ten points from him in the Thai test.
The ‘accounts’ are now clearer than in Australia, but in Phillip Island it is clear that Ai Ogura will not risk more than strictly necessary, so maybe In Thailand he will not even dream of making a mistake and if the title comes in Buriram, perfect, and if he has to wait for Sepang (Malaysia), then he will wait.
And another thing that is clear is that none of his three opponents heading for the title, before moving up to MotoGP in 2025 with Aprilia and the American Trackhouse team, will not give up easily because at Phillip Island both Aldeguer and Canet They showed all their potential and showed true drive.
Without leaving Alonso López aside, although the Madrid native was the first to lose steam in the lead of the race and also his chances for the title, his eagerness to keep up with his rivals saw him go to ground and certainly away from the mathematical options for the championship, a mistake that Canet, Aldeguer and García Dols should not make in Buriram.
It is true that all title options/possibilities are in the hands of Ai Ogura, who just needs to finish close to his rivals, even at the backto achieve the desired title in the world.
Although they do not have mathematical options for the Moto2 title, there is a long list of riders who have the possibility to close the season with victory, as is the case of the Spaniards. Sergio García Dols, Alonso López and Manuel González, the American Joe Roberts (Kalex) -not in Australia-, the British Jake Dixon (Kalex) or the Italians Tony Arbolino (Kalex) and Celestino Vietti (Kalex).
They are not the only drivers capable of standing in the fight for the podium at the end of the season, as is the case with the Spaniards. Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) or Albert Arenas (Kalex), the Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex)who ‘plays at home’ and would certainly like to be a ‘prophet in his homeland’, or the Australian Senna Agius (Kalex), who achieved the first podium of his sports career at Phillip Island.
The panorama in Moto3 is very different. For the two grand prizes, there was already the mathematical champion of the category, the Colombian of Spanish origin, David Alonso, who had only one big challenge in front of him, surpassing eleven victories in one season in the small motorcycle category world championship, established with 11 by the Italian Valentino Rossi in 1997.
At Phillip Island he has already managed to equal that sporting milestone, so the next goal, no doubt, is to beat it, but to do so he will once again find himself facing a long list of rivals.
A list where Spanish riders are the majority, with Daniel Holgado (Gas Gas) at the top, but not forgetting Iván Ortolá (KTM), Adrián Fernández (Honda), David Muñoz (KTM), Ángel Piqueras (Honda) or José Antonio Ueda (KTM), among the most famous.
With them, the Dutchman Colin Veijer (Husqvarna), the Australians Joel Kelso (KTM) and Jacob Roulstone (Gas Gas), the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka (KTM), Taiyo Furusato (Honda) and Tatsuki Suzuki (Husqvarna) or the Italians Luca Lunetta (Honda) and Stefano Nepa (KTM).
Source: La Verdad
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