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Ogura explains his Marquez scrap in Malaysia and denies Aprilia orders

Ai Ogura explained his wheel-to-wheel fight with Marc Marquez in the Malaysian sprint and denied Aprilia asked him to help Marco Bezzecchi in the 2026 title fight. He started fourth, led after Alex Marquez crashed at the 14th turn and finished fourth.

By RedaçãoPublished: 10/31/2026, 12:24

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Ai Ogura descreveu o duelo roda a roda com Marc Marquez na sprint do GP da Malásia e rejeitou qualquer sugestão de que a Aprilia tenha mandado ele ajudar um rival.

Largando em quarto, o piloto da Trackhouse fez uma largada fulminante, passando Pedro Acosta e Marquez para entrar em segundo, mas abriu demais na entrada da primeira curva e deixou Marquez voltar. Os dois se tocaram na segunda parte daquela curva e de novo na curva 2, onde Marquez teve de aliviar e perdeu uma posição para o vencedor Acosta.

Eles duelaram de novo mais tarde pelo segundo lugar, trocando posições várias vezes antes de a Ducati abrir. Ogura, que liderou por um longo trecho depois de Alex Marquez, o pole, cair na 14ª curva na terceira volta, terminou em quarto, atrás da Aprilia de fábrica de Marco Bezzecchi.

“Ganhei algumas posições depois da largada. Houve uma pequena disputa [com] o Marc”, disse ele. “Nós dois chegamos na mesma curva, lado a lado, tantas vezes. Tenho que defender a minha posição. Sei que ele tinha um ritmo melhor que o meu, então ele queria me passar.”

Ele admitiu que o ritmo não estava lá quando a chuva chegou. “Meu ritmo estava meio travado. Eu não tinha referência na frente”, disse, acrescentando que se surpreendeu por Acosta não tê-lo passado antes e que os três pilotos atrás eram simplesmente mais rápidos.

Marquez disse que esperava uma briga dura pelo segundo lugar e suspeitava que Ogura não conseguiria cair para terceiro sem perder o pódio para Bezzecchi. Perguntado se a Aprilia tinha pedido que ele apoiasse Bezzecchi na disputa pelo título da MotoGP 2026, Ogura respondeu com uma única palavra: “não”.

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