Ai Ogura ended Japan’s long wait for a MotoGP race winner at Assen, converting Trackhouse Aprilia’s breakthrough weekend into a maiden premier-class victory.
The Japanese rider won the 2026 Tissot Grand Prix of the Netherlands on Sunday after a volatile 26-lap race in which Marco Bezzecchi crashed heavily at Turn 15 and Jorge Martin moved to the top of the championship.
Ogura’s result, confirmed by the official MotoGP report, made him the first Japanese rider to win in MotoGP since Makoto Tamada in 2004. It also gave Trackhouse a second Assen one-two in as many days after Raul Fernandez had led Ogura home in Saturday’s Sprint, a result covered in ReadMotorSport’s Trackhouse Assen Sprint report.
Trackhouse Turns Sprint Pace Into Sunday Authority
Fernandez finished second this time, while Martin completed the podium for Aprilia and inherited the championship lead after Bezzecchi’s non-score. MotoGP said Bezzecchi was taken to hospital for further checks after the crash, which came while he was running in the early lead group.
The race turned decisively after Fernandez attacked Martin at the Geert Timmer chicane on lap 17. Ogura immediately followed through at Turn 1, then built the cleanest late-race rhythm despite briefly losing ground when his ride-height device appeared stuck.
That composure mattered. Pedro Acosta retired with right-hand discomfort, Francesco Bagnaia pulled into pit lane with a technical issue, and Marc Marquez slipped out of podium contention in a race that reshaped the title picture.
Official race highlights: MotoGP’s Dutch GP highlights.
