Trackhouse Aprilia rookie Ai Ogura has undergone profitable surgical procedure on a leg fracture and is hopeful of with the ability to compete subsequent weekend on the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix.
Ai Ogura suffered a nasty crash in FP1 throughout final weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, which left him with a fracture to the highest of his tibia on his proper leg.
The Japanese rider accomplished one lap in Observe at Silverstone earlier than abandoning the remainder of the weekend, at which level the complete extent of his damage was found.
Trackhouse confirmed on Wednesday night that Ogura has undergone profitable surgical procedure on his leg damage and is hopeful he’ll get better sufficiently in time for subsequent week’s Aragon Grand Prix.
“The surgical procedure is finished,” Ogura mentioned.
“I believe every part went fairly effectively and I really feel fairly OK with my knee.
“I simply want a little bit of time to get again to 100% health.
“It’s fairly troublesome and we are going to see if I could make it to Aragon. I’m making an attempt to do what I can to get better my leg however, in conditions like these, you’ll be able to’t do an excessive amount of. I’ll simply do what I can and put together for the following race.”
Ogura has loved a strong rookie season within the premier class up to now on the satellite tv for pc Aprilia, scoring a better of fifth within the opening spherical of the marketing campaign in Thailand.
For a lot of the season, Ogura has been Aprilia’s main rider, although has slipped to twelfth within the standings to 43 factors and 13 factors adrift of lead rookie Fermin Aldeguer in tenth within the championship.
Trackhouse will not have to exchange Ogura for Aragon if he proves unfit to compete, however an extended spell on the sidelines will trigger it a headache as Aprilia’s check rider Lorenzo Savadori is at present deputising for the injured Jorge Martin on the marque’s manufacturing facility group.
