Ai Ogura: 195 points and a first Grand Prix win

Fourth in the championship, a pole at Brno, a win at Assen. The number 79 has stopped being a promising second season.

Ogura has 195 points from twelve rounds, four podiums and a maiden Grand Prix win at Assen where he beat his own team-mate by two seconds. He has finished on the podium at Le Mans, Brno, Assen and the Sachsenring.

The Brno pole — a 1:51.139 — is the one that says most about the year. He lost that race by 0.421s to Marc Marquez, and has out-scored him in three of the four rounds since.

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