Ai Ogura to miss Mandalika MotoGP with wrist and hand injury

Ai Ogura will miss this weekend’s Indonesian MotoGP round at Mandalika after Trackhouse Racing ruled the Japanese rookie unfit to compete because of ongoing pain in his right wrist and hand sustained in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix. Ogura had already withdrawn from his home Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi on Sunday after riding the weekend with discomfort.

Trackhouse said Ogura suffered a heavy crash in the early laps at Misano and had been riding in Motegi with increasing right-hand pain that became acute enough to prevent him from starting the Japanese Grand Prix. The team said it is monitoring his condition with the MotoGP World Championship medical staff and supporting his recovery. "His wellbeing and safety on track must be the priority," the team added. After assessment and treatment in Japan, Trackhouse concluded, "it has been decided he cannot ride his Trackhouse RSGP25 safely at Mandalika."

Ogura had qualified 13th at Motegi and scored a point with ninth place in Saturday’s sprint, but he withdrew from Sunday’s main race and was 21st fastest in warmup. He missed the postrace test at Misano and returned to Japan for further medical attention. Trackhouse said Ogura...