{"id":869294,"date":"2026-08-26T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869294\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:54:16","slug":"motogp-title-contender-ogura-ruled-out-of-aragon-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869294\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP title contender Ogura ruled out of Aragon GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/ai-ogura\/864914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ai Ogura<\/a> has arrived back from Japan with a hand injury that will rule him out of the Aragon Grand Prix and compromises his fight for the MotoGP world championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Trackhouse Aprilia rider is third in the standings and 37 points behind leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/jorge-martin\/841443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jorge Martin<\/a> from the Italian marque&#8217;s factory team, with MotorLand up next this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement issued by\u00a0Trackhouse, it confirmed that the injured\u00a0Ogura will be\u00a0replaced\u00a0by\u00a0Aprilia test rider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/lorenzo-savadori\/841462\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lorenzo Savadori<\/a> in Aragon following his training crash in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>It read:\u00a0&#8220;Trackhouse MotoGP&#8217;s number 79 rider suffered an injury to his left hand during training in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon his arrival in Europe, he was diagnosed with a fracture near the left thumb that requires surgery, which will be performed this Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team welcomes Lorenzo Savadori, number 32, who will replace him at this race in Aragon. We wish Ai a speedy recovery and thank Lorenzo for his willingness to replace him at such short notice.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787766856_525_ai-ogura-trackhouse-racing.jpg\" alt=\"Ogura crashes at British GP\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Ogura crashes at British GP<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Glyn Kirk \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Japanese rider Ogura moved out there to be close to friends and family and in conditions where he could train on track with production bikes.<\/p>\n<p>However, a crash while he was riding at a track near Tokyo has dealt the rider a bad blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes after he lost a good handful of points in the championship standings following a crash last Sunday at Silverstone.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">Let us know what you would like to see from us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Autosport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ai Ogura has arrived back from Japan with a hand injury that will rule him out of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[34422,5743,431722,64,63,139585,5745,437952,806,805,431723,803,804,85,68223],"class_list":["post-869294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-ai-ogura","tag-aprilia-racing-team","tag-aragon-gp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lorenzo-savadori","tag-motogp","tag-motogp-title-contender-ogura-ruled-out-of-aragon-gp","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorland-aragon","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-racing-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}