Neil Hodgson says Aprilia will be ‘absolutely amazed’ by Ai Ogura’s win at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Tracking house Control it Dutch Grand Prix The weekend finished 1-2 in both contests. Raul Fernandez won the Sprint raceWhile a teammate Ogura won the Sunday race Before the Spanish and George Martin.

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Neil Hodgson thinks that Ai Ogura’s victory in Assen will be difficult for Aprilia

Although Aprilia bikes closed the podium on Sunday, it was the satellite team that had the upper hand on the factory RS-GPs. Marco Bezeci crashed on lap three In a violent accident, Martin could not hold the pole.

Martin now leads the championship by seven points over his teammate. The five are separated by just 40 points. Ogura He is 15 points behind Marc Marquez in fifth place.

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Apria has a chance to climb with their dominance over Asean. But Trackhouse’s win eroded that lead. Hodgson He thinks that Noale’s clothes will not be happy with the result.

Said through. TNT Sports 2: “It’s an all-Aprilia platform, if it ends like this, it’s going to be an absolute shame, Aprilia, isn’t it?

The main man has experienced a major setback in his future. He is not leading the championship now. George Martin will lead the championship, he will go to Yamaha next year.

Commentator Gavin Emmett added: “And there were rumblings when he took them out in Hungary. You could see the tension already. The line was drawn. There was tension between Martin and Bezeci, in the Sprint race the pair would show a crunch.”

Then Hodgson said: “And as I said, if it ends like this, they will be very worried about the fourth man Marquez had. Fortunately for Aprilia, the Ducati rider finished P7, but he is putting pressure on the title fight.”