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Crash MotoGP Podcast · June 29 · 55 min

Ogura's Surprise First Win As Bezzecchi Crashes In Assen

Dre Harrison, Lewis Duncan and Pete McLaren sit down to review the Dutch Grand Prix at the Catherdral of Speed at Assen. Japan finally gets to celebrate its first new winner since Makoto Tamada in 2004 as Ai Ogura maximised the second half of the race to comfortably blow past Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin enroute to victory. With Ai just 25 points behind Martin, is the former Moto2 Champion a genuine title contender? There were other flashpoints in the title fight, as Marco Bezzecchi missed out on another huge opportunity, only managing fourth in the Sprint Race and crashing early on in the Grand Prix, which even Aprilia couldn't defend. With Marc Marquez struggling to just sixth and seventh place across the weekend and losing no ground in the title fight, does Bez have the mental strength to fight for the title? Also discussed, the other contenders in the title fight, and whether KTM needs to be parked for Pedro Acosta's unreliable bike? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dre Harrison, Lewis Duncan and Pete McLaren sit down to review the Dutch Grand Prix at the Catherdral of Speed at Assen.


Japan finally gets to celebrate its first new winner since Makoto Tamada in 2004 as Ai Ogura maximised the second half of the race to comfortably blow past Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin enroute to victory. With Ai just 25 points behind Martin, is the former Moto2 Champion a genuine title contender?


There were other flashpoints in the title fight, as Marco Bezzecchi missed out on another huge opportunity, only managing fourth in the Sprint Race and crashing early on in the Grand Prix, which even Aprilia couldn't defend. With Marc Marquez struggling to just sixth and seventh place across the weekend and losing no ground in the title fight, does Bez have the mental strength to fight for the title? Also discussed, the other contenders in the title fight, and whether KTM needs to be parked for Pedro Acosta's unreliable bike?


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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