Ogura qualified seventh for the MotoGP race after progressing through Q1 in second place. Raul Fernandez took pole position in Q2 with a 1:28.852, narrowly ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Ogura then secured second in Saturday’s Sprint behind Marc Marquez, with Di Giannantonio third. Bezzecchi and Fernandez did not finish the Sprint. In the main race, Bezzecchi took victory ahead of Fernandez and Jorge Martin, while Ogura finished fourth.
In Moto2, Izan Guevara converted pole position into victory, finishing ahead of Manuel Gonzalez and Daniel Holgado. David Alonso qualified third in Q2, while Japanese rider Taiyo Furusato qualified third in Q1.
Moto3 produced another podium for David Almansa, who finished second behind race winner Maximo Quiles, with Brian Uriarte third. Indonesia’s Veda Pratama finished fourth in front of his home crowd after qualifying seventh in Q2. Malaysian rider Hakim Danish placed second in Q1, while Japan’s Ryota Ogiwara finished sixth in the same session.
Ogura’s Sprint podium and fourth-place race finish headlined the Asian contingent’s weekend at Mandalika, while Pratama’s fourth place gave the home crowd another result to celebrate. The weekend featured Asian riders in the fight across all three Grand Prix classes.
