Pointless within the 4 races previous to Qatar, Fermin Aldeguer left the Lusail weekend having matched the most effective rookie outcomes by Ai Ogura this season.
Ogura burst onto the MotoGP scene with a superb fourth within the Buriram Dash, adopted by fifth within the season-opening grand prix, then high tens in Termas and COTA.
In the meantime, Aldeguer had solely a better of thirteenth place heading into Qatar.
However having already proven his velocity by breaking into the highest 5 in Austin, earlier than a late crash, Aldeguer flipped the script beneath the floodlights.
Aldeguer fought to fourth in Saturday’s Dash then delivered a mature experience to sixth regardless of some ‘dangerous luck’ within the GP. A post-race penalty for Maverick Vinales then promoted him to fifth.
“Very proud of the weekend as a result of we did an unimaginable work,” Aldeguer mentioned. “At all times our development is up, which is vital to not lose the best way.
“Very proud of the weekend as a result of we had been very aggressive in all situations.”
The end result got here regardless of battling rear-end points through the grand prix.
“We had some dangerous luck, I believe, as a result of we weren’t so proud of the rear tyre within the race. I had a variety of chattering, three or 4 instances greater than the opposite Ducati riders,” he mentioned.
“It was unimaginable to battle with Zarco and Morbidelli however even with this drawback we completed in fifth place so we’ve got to remain so pleased.”
With Ogura seventh within the Qatar Dash and fifteenth within the GP, Aldeguer is now solely 9 factors behind the Japanese within the Rookie of the Yr contest heading into his first residence spherical at Jerez.
Ogura was disadvantaged of eight extra factors by a technical penalty in Argentina.
