MotoGP newcomers have “a thousand things to improve” - can they cope?

Rookies reflect on Sepang shakedown test

Ai Ogura
Ai Ogura

Three MotoGP rookies are now well on🃏 their way to 💞learning the ropes of their new machinery.

Trackhouse Aprilia’s Ai Ogura, Gresini Ducati’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fermin Aldeguer and LCR Honda’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Somkiat Chantra are the trio of new faces in the pre🗹mier class for 2025.

They completed the three-day shakedown test in Sepang, before the majority of their rivals return to the trไack this week for the official test.

The pressure oꦗn the rookies to hit the ground runℱning will soon ramp up.

Trackhouse’s Ogura said: "It was a good s൲tart for the season. We did a goo🐼d job, all three days.

“For the moment, whatever comes is positive.”

Ogura said about the official test thisღ week: “I still haven’t had muc♒h time on a MotoGP bike. There are a thousand things to improve!

“I don’t have, at this poi💧⛦nt, [anywhere in particular] to improve.

“Lap by lap, session by session, I try to improve the bike.🅘 We hope to get to the top.”

Aldeguer, Marc Marquez’🌄s replacement at Gresini, said: “During the shakedown test, I felt good. The first day was difficult♋.

“Physically, it was crazy!

“We worked in a good way, l🍌ap by lap. We improved a lot. We are arriving with a good time. This is important, we haven’t stopped, and we are already getting better.

“I have improved by two seconds. But it’s not about the time. W🧸e have to continue with this calm, and to improve with the top riders and ꦫbetter conditions.

“MotoGP bikes are hard⛎er than Moto2. But also the🙈 race is longer.

I have to continue w👍orking on my physical condition, and to arrive in Thailand.”

Chantra, who is entering MotoGP on the worst bike available, said: “I had two days at the shakedown. The first day we tried to understand how the bike was working. It was a good day for me, to try the new bik🍃e.

“I tried to 🌳know how the bike goes, and the electronics. It was different to the Barcelona test.

“On the se🎀cond day, we did a different test and we improved our lap time.

“But I am still far. “

Chantra said about how to improve: “When I check the data of my teammate, or Taka, I wꦫas losing a lot on Sector 🅷1, 2 and 3. I was good at Sector 4.

“I lost a lot of corner speed. At 💫the stop and go coꦬrner, it was similar.”

The three rookies will join the rema🌼inder of MotoGP’s riders at the three-day Sepang test on February 5-7 this week.

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