Thursday, FEBRUARY 13, 2025
buriram INTERNTIONL CIRCUIT, thailand
2025 GRAND PRIX OF THAILAND – Round 01 of the MotoGP World Championship
Circuit of Buriram, Thailand:
Track length: 2.83 miles / 4.55 kilometersFree Practice 1: 10.45am – 11.30am – Dry Track
Air Temperature: 91.4°F / 33°C
Track Temperature: 116.6°F / 47°C
#79 Ai Ogura
P6 – Best Lap: 1’29.919 – Lap 19 of 21
Top speed: 207.10 mph / 333.9 km/h
#25 Raul Fernandez
P21 – Best Lap: 1’31.04 – Lap 8 of 20
Top speed: 206.48 mph / 332.3 km/h
Practice: 3pm – 4.00pm – Dry track
Air Temperature: 96.8°F / 36°C
Track Temperature: 120.2°F / 49°C
#25 Raul Fernandez
P7 – Best Lap: 1’29.462 – Lap 20 of 20
Top speed: 207.72 mph / 334.3 km/h
#79 Ai Ogura
P9 – Best Lap: 1’29.597 – Lap 22 of 23
Top speed: 208.41 mph / 335.4 km/h
AI OGURA
“That was a good surprise to be straight into Q2 today. Overall, the feeling on the bike was great. It’s my first MotoGP weekend, my first Friday in this class and I think we can be super happy about today. Surely, the two days of testing here helped me as a rookie, maybe it’s going to be more difficult at another circuit. But the result is the result and I’m really happy about it. There are many more places to improve, even when my lap time was ok today, I was not riding consistently, so we will work on that. For tomorrow, I don’t have any expectations, just racing.”
RAÚL FERNÁNDEZ
“I’m really happy. A nice bike is a fast bike! We should speak to Gulf and ask if we can do the whole season like this because it was really good for Ai and me. It was a really positive day. We need to improve more as I didn’t extract 100% of the potential of the bike - I still need to understand the bike better and we are still in the process. I lost three days of testing in the preseason, which made it harder, but I’m here and happy to be in Q2. Tomorrow we have another opportunity to continue to understand the bike and there are two or three corners in which I still want to work to get closer to Ai and Marco (Bezzecchi). But we are in Q2, this is important for the team and important for me personally. It wasn’t an easy month, but I was lucky to be back at the test and here now.”
“Today has been an exciting day, starting this morning with our new partnership with Gulf and this iconic color. We are so proud to represent them. We had an exciting morning and then I have to say, we had an exciting afternoon as well. It’s only Friday, it’s only practice, but to see both of our guys in the top 10 and three Aprilia’s in the top 10, we take it as a positive sign – a good start. Congratulations to both of our riders - Raul was in difficulties until the end and then he managed to do a great lap to secure a top 10. Ai did a great job and I think he surprised many people. We can be very happy today so, let’s try to keep going and hopefully have a good weekend and a good race tomorrow.”
- DAVIDE BRIVIO, TEAM PRINCIPAL
