Ai Ogura, the reigning Moto2 world champion, title won in Thailand with two Grand Prix still to be contested, was the best rookie of the Sepang shakedown.
His fourth best time, behind Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller and Aleix Espargarò, 0.414 seconds behind the leader was not just a good performance for Aprilia. The rookie, in fact, MotoGP pit reporter Jack Appleyard points out to us on X, also kept a pace, during 17 laps, better than the one that earned Maverick Vinales 7th position during the Sepang GP. Definitely not bad at all!
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