{"id":1262,"date":"2026-08-26T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:24:56","slug":"ai-ogura-suffers-training-injury-and-misses-aragon-gp-lorenzo-savadori-substitutes-at-trackhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/ai-ogura-suffers-training-injury-and-misses-aragon-gp-lorenzo-savadori-substitutes-at-trackhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogura suffers training injury and misses Aragon GP; Savadori substitutes at Trackhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hand fracture forces Ogura out:<\/strong> <strong>Ai Ogura will miss the Aragon GP<\/strong> after fracturing his left hand during a training session in Japan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Surgery scheduled:<\/strong> Doctors in Europe confirmed <strong>the fracture near his left thumb requires surgery<\/strong>, set for Thursday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Savadori called up:<\/strong> <strong>Lorenzo Savadori will replace Ogura<\/strong> at Trackhouse Racing on short notice for Round 13.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trackhouse Racing<\/strong> has announced that <strong>Ai Ogura<\/strong> will miss this weekend&#8217;s <strong>Aragon Grand Prix<\/strong> following a training injury sustained to his left hand. Factory Aprilia test driver <strong>Lorenzo Savadori<\/strong> will step in to replace the Japanese rider at MotorLand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogura suffered the injury while training in Japan. Upon returning to Europe, medical evaluations revealed a fracture near his left thumb that requires surgical intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020307113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260621__B7RX6TT__v1__MidRes__MotoPrixCzeMotogp.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ai Ogura will miss the Aragon Grand Prix after injuring his left hand in training (Photo: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Ai Ogura sustained a left hand injury while training in Japan. Upon arrival in Europe, it was determined that the fracture near his left thumb required surgery, which will take place this Thursday,<\/strong>&#8221; Trackhouse confirmed in a team statement. &#8220;The team welcomes Lorenzo Savadori, who will substitute for this round in Aragon. We wish Ai a speedy recovery and thank Lorenzo for stepping into the seat on such short notice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The injury comes at a costly time in the championship battle. Ogura currently sits third in the <strong>MotoGP World Championship<\/strong> standings with <strong>203 points<\/strong>, 37 points behind leader <strong>Jorge Mart\u00edn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Savadori&#8217;s call-up adds to a busy weekend of MotoGP news, as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/\">Marc M\u00e1rquez eyes a return to top form following physical recovery<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/\">Yamaha approaches Aragon as a key progress benchmark<\/a>. Meanwhile, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/jorge-martin-celebrates-aragon-debut-with-aprilia-and-exalts-we-arrive-in-great-shape\/\">Jorge Mart\u00edn expressed strong confidence ahead of his Aragon outing with Aprilia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Aragon Grand Prix<\/strong> takes place from <strong>August 28\u201330<\/strong>, serving as the 13th round of the 2026 MotoGP season. <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong> provides complete live coverage of every session across all categories. Follow all updates on our <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/news\/\">news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MotoGP 2026: World Championship Standings (Top 5)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Pos<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Driver<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Bike<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Jorge Mart\u00edn<\/strong><\/td><td>Aprilia Racing<\/td><td>Aprilia<\/td><td><strong>240<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Francesco Bagnaia<\/strong><\/td><td>Ducati Lenovo Team<\/td><td>Ducati<\/td><td><strong>218<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Ai Ogura<\/strong><\/td><td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><td>Aprilia<\/td><td><strong>203<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong><\/td><td>Ducati Lenovo Team<\/td><td>Ducati<\/td><td><strong>192<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Enea Bastianini<\/strong><\/td><td>Tech3 KTM<\/td><td>KTM<\/td><td><strong>175<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions (FAQ)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Why is Ai Ogura missing the 2026 Aragon Grand Prix?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ai Ogura fractured his left hand near the thumb during a training accident in Japan, requiring surgery in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Who is replacing Ai Ogura at Trackhouse Racing for the Aragon GP?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori will substitute for Ogura at Trackhouse Racing at MotorLand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Where does Ai Ogura sit in the 2026 MotoGP standings?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ogura sits third in the World Championship standings with 203 points, 37 points behind leader Jorge Mart\u00edn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ai Ogura suffered a left hand fracture during training in Japan, ruling him out of MotorLand Aragon as Lorenzo Savadori steps in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020311449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Ai Ogura will miss the Aragon Grand Prix after injuring his left hand in training","42wp_featured_image_credits":"AFP","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[296,297,270],"42wp_author":[36],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-ai-ogura","tag-lorenzo-savadori","tag-trackhouse","42wp_author-juliana-tesser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1263,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions\/1263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020311449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}