Ai Ogura

Ai Ogura
Ai Ogura
	Ogura in 2018
Nationality	Japanese
Born	26 January 2001 (age 23); Saitama, Japan
Current team	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
Bike number	79
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years	2021–
Manufacturers	Kalex
2022 championship position	2nd (242 pts)
Moto3 World Championship
Active years	2018–2020
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2020 championship position	3rd (170 pts)

Ai Ogura (小椋藍, Ogura Ai, born 26 January 2001) is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

Career

He finished 11th in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, in 2017 he participated in 9 out of 12 races of the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship while taking part in the 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, finishing 5th which earned him a promotion to the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior Championships the following season.

He made his Moto3 World Championship debut as a wildcard during 2018 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix where he finished 15th scoring his maiden point.

From 2021, he promoted to Moto2 World Championship riding for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2016	JER1 Ret	JER2 10	ASS1 3	ASS2 Ret	SAC1 11	SAC2 19	RBR1 12	RBR2 11	BRN1 Ret	BRN2 20	MIS 9	ARA1 11	ARA2 4	11th	61
2017	JER1 2	JER2 4	ASS1	ASS2	SAC1	SAC2	BRN1 19	BRN2 11	RBR1 1	RBR2 3	MIS 1	ARA1 2	ARA2 19	5th	124

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2017	Honda	ALB Ret	LMS 5	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 DNS	VAL1	VAL2	EST 3	JER1 12	JER1 1	ARA 8	VAL1 8	VAL2 5	8th	83
2018	Honda	EST Ret	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 3	FRA 3	CAT1 7	CAT2 23	ARA 4	JER1 Ret	JER2 2	ALB 7	VAL1 1	VAL2 2	5th	128

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2018	Moto3	Honda	Asia Talent Team	4	0	0	0	0	1	36th
2019	Moto3	Honda	Honda Team Asia	18	0	1	0	1	109	10th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Honda Team Asia	15	0	7	1	1	170	3rd
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	17	0	1	0	1	120	8th
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	20	3	7	3	1	242	2nd
Total				74	3	16	4	4	642

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
Moto3	2018–2020	2018 Spain	2019 Aragon		37	0	8	1	2	280
Moto2	2021–present	2021 Qatar	2021 Austria	2022 Spain	37	3	8	3	2	362
Total	2018–present				74	3	16	4	4	642

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA 15	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED 23	GER Ret	CZE	AUT 20	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		36th	1
2019	Moto3	Honda	QAT 11	ARG 17	AME 11	SPA 9	FRA Ret	ITA	CAT 6	NED 6	GER 7	CZE 6	AUT 12	GBR 10	RSM Ret	ARA 2	THA Ret	JPN 14	AUS 14	MAL 4	VAL 10		10th	109
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 3	SPA 2	ANC Ret	CZE 3	AUT 4	STY 3	RSM 2	EMI 3	CAT 11	FRA 9	ARA 14	TER 9	EUR 3	VAL 8	POR 8						3rd	170
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 17	DOH 5	POR Ret	SPA 7	FRA 7	ITA 6	CAT Ret	GER Ret	NED 6	STY 5	AUT 2	GBR 9	ARA 8	RSM 7	AME 7	EMI 9	ALR Ret	VAL			8th	120
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 6	INA 6	ARG 3	AME 2	POR Ret	SPA 1	FRA 5	ITA 3	CAT 7	GER 8	NED 2	GBR 4	AUT 1	RSM 5	ARA 4	JPN 1	THA 6^‡	AUS 11	MAL Ret	VAL Ret	2nd	242

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.