Pointless within the 4 races previous to Qatar, Fermin Aldeguer left the Lusail weekend having matched the most effective rookie outcomes by Ai Ogura this season.
Ogura burst onto the MotoGP scene with an excellent fourth within the Buriram Dash, adopted by fifth within the season-opening grand prix, then high tens in Termas and COTA.
In the meantime, Aldeguer had solely a better of thirteenth place heading into Qatar.
However having already proven his velocity by breaking into the highest 5 in Austin, earlier than a late crash, Aldeguer flipped the script beneath the floodlights.
Aldeguer fought to fourth in Saturday’s Dash then delivered a mature journey to sixth regardless of some ‘unhealthy luck’ within the GP. A post-race penalty for Maverick Vinales then promoted him to fifth.
“Very pleased with the weekend as a result of we did an unbelievable work,” Aldeguer stated. “All the time our development is up, which is vital to not lose the way in which.
“Very pleased with the weekend as a result of we had been very aggressive in all circumstances.”
The consequence got here regardless of battling rear-end points throughout the grand prix.
“We had some unhealthy luck, I feel, as a result of we weren’t so pleased with the rear tyre within the race. I had quite a lot of chattering, three or 4 occasions greater than the opposite Ducati riders,” he stated.
“It was unattainable to battle with Zarco and Morbidelli however even with this downside we completed in fifth place so we’ve got to remain so completely happy.”
With Ogura seventh within the Qatar Dash and fifteenth within the GP, Aldeguer is now solely 9 factors behind the Japanese within the Rookie of the 12 months contest heading into his first house spherical at Jerez.
Ogura was disadvantaged of eight extra factors by a technical penalty in Argentina.
