A hand injury forces the Japanese rider onto the sidelines for the next round. 

SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team’s Ai Ogura suffered a left-hand injury while training in Japan. The team say that on arrival in Europe after the second mini summer break, the fracture close to his left thumb has been found to require surgery. He’ll undergo that on Thursday this week.

That forces the Japanese to rider to miss the Aragon GP this weekend, with Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori stepping in to sub. Get well soon, Ai!