Ai Ogura says that hot lap speed in MotoGP is more difficult to achieve than race pace, but claims he found a steꦅp forward on the final day of testing.

This week’s Buriram MotoGP test is the final one for Ogura before his ꦗMotoGP race debut at the same venue on 2 March, and has therefore been his final chance to dial himself in with the Aprilia RS-GP before the pressure of a race weekend is applied.

Th final morning of the test in Thailand saw Ogura set a time almost good enough to be in the top 10 of last year’s Q2 session, something about which the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Trackhouse Racing rider was pleased.

“I’m happy about ouꩲr performance this morning and we🍸 can be happy about that,” Ogura said.

“I think we are a bit more in a time attack mode compared to the other guys. But the position is the position at 𝕴the end, so pretty 🌃happy.

Ogura said that the time attack was the more difficult thing to adapt to compared to race pace, but he “broke the wall”🏅 on his one-lap speed on the final m🗹orning of testing.

“Just making laps with your p⛎ace is much easier than the time attack, and that’s exactly where I struggled in Sepang and yesterday,” he said.

“But this morning it was kind of like I broke the wall and🍎 I could find two or three tenths more. So, I think I’m getting used to this time attack mode on the Mo✤toGP bike, and it’s where we want to work for today.”

Ai Ogura impresses ahead of MotoGP debut

The Japanese rider is not daunted ☂by the prospect of a full race distance, either.

“I think tꦏhe longest run I had was in Sepang,” the reigning Moto2 World Champion said. “Yeste🔯rday I only did Sprint simulations.

“But, in Sepang, I had no p♏roblems for the main race distance.

“💯About the performance, in the first race you just do everything that you ran during the testing dꦐays, so we will see.

“Before I’ve done one race I can’t se💦e anything, after the firs💛t race you can see a much better picture. So, now I just want to make one race.”

Finally, Ogura commented on his adaptatio🥂n to the Michelin tyres and how they differ from the Pirellis and Duꦏnlops he ran in Moto2.

“I think it’s good,” Ogura said of his adaptati꧂on.

“Yesterday I was struggling on the straight braking, but this morning I felt much bꦯetter, t💙he lap time was easier to come with the confidence I have now with the front tyre.

“I think we are adapting well. Slowly, but yes.”

He added: “The tyre is much harder, so in a good way to say it’s much more stab♓le, but in maybe a bad way it [gives] less information. So, I need to get the feeling.”