In the Moto2 class, Ai Ogura (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia), who entered the final from his second PP of the season, gave way to Alonso Lopez (CAG Speed Up) who qualified 2nd in the early stages, but took the lead on the 4th lap. He took it back and continued to lap while slowly pulling away from the following.
In the final stages, teammate Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia), who had closed the gap with Ai Ogura, was closing in on him. On the final lap 25, he overtook Ai Ogura, but Ai Ogura overtook him at the final corner and took his second win of the season.
In this tournament, Ai Ogura overwhelmed his rivals with his high-level driving in free practice, qualifying, and finals. With this, he moved up to the overall lead with a one-point lead over Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who finished 5th in the tournament.
My teammate Chantra also had a great run. Marked the top time in free practice on the first day. In qualifying, he was 5th in a very close race, but his consecutive laps were as good as Ai Ogura’s, and he reproduced that run in the final. The difference with Ai Ogura when he took the checkered flag was only 0.173 seconds.
This year, in the 3rd round of the Argentine Grand Prix, Chantra finished 2nd and Ai Ogura finished 3rd for the team’s first double podium. This tournament is the first 1-2 finish for the team. He also passed Red Bull KTM Ajo in team points to take the lead.
In 3rd place was Jake Dixon (Zinia GASGAS Aspar Team), who has been 3rd in 3 consecutive races since the Dutch GP. It was his fourth podium finish of the season. In 4th place was Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who had just returned from injury. Fernandez, who fell from the overall lead to 2nd place, was 5th. Aaron Canett (Flexbox HP40) is 6th. Lopez, who ran the top in the early stages, finished 7th. Marcel Schroeder (Liqui Moly Intact GP), Alberto Arenas (Zinia GASGAS Aspar Team) and Jeremy Alkova (Liqui Moly Intact GP) finished in the top 10.
Ai Ogura (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia)
“Today was a perfect day. He tried to attack me on the lap, but I managed to dodge it and finished in 1st place.I’ve been with him since the CEV days, so I knew he was going to attack me.Today’s race was the point for me. Winning was more important than being a leader.”
