Ai Ogura disqualified from MotoGP Argentina GP

MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura has been disqualified from Sunday’s Argentina Grand Prix following a technical irregularity on his Trackhouse Racing Aprilia.

The choice means the Japanese rider loses his spectacular eighth place, to which he battled from fifteenth on the beginning grid. He additionally loses the eight factors he would have earned.

In accordance with an announcement issued by the stewards on Sunday night at Termas de Rio Hondo, the crew was working non-approved software program through the grand prix.

In accordance with the official textual content, Ogura was “discovered to be utilizing a non-homologated software program model (V21 b102), that had not been authorized by Championship.  

“This contravenes Article 2.4.3.5.3  Digital Management Unit and Inertial Measurement Unit of the FIM Grand Prix World Championship Rules.”

Mockingly, Ogura’s exclusion from the outcomes items an surprising level to his struggling Trackhouse team-mate Raúl Fernández, who strikes as much as fifteenth place within the revised classification. That opens Fernandez’s factors account for the season.

In distinction to Fernandez, Ogura has had a stellar begin to the 12 months, his first in MotoGP after stepping up from Moto2.

Ogura completed fifth within the Thai Grand Prix two weeks in the past, to go along with a fourth place within the dash on that opening weekend of the season.

The 17-point haul he picked up in Asia means he nonetheless lies eighth within the factors standings regardless of a zero-score in Argentina, the place he may solely handle fifteenth within the dash.

Pictures from Argentina GP – Race