Ogden overcomes imposter syndrome, ‘I’ve got the speed!’

VisionTrack’s Scott Ogden has certainly made his mark on the World Championship after just 11 races in Moto3 for 2022 so far.

Firmly in the points for each of the five races he’s finished, with a highest result of 12th at both COTA and Jerez, provided a bright start to the young Brit’s season but six DNF’s have more than dented his potential in the standings.

Despite the disappointments of recent races, Ogden’s confidence and self-belief is growing, and rightly so. With five weeks off to both assess and digest his progress, he keen to get cracking as his first home GP approaches.

“The first part of the season has been really good,” Ogden said when Bikesportnews.com caught up with him recently. “Well, I’m satisfied with the speed I have, it’s just the results need to come and that’s just putting everything together in the second half of the season.

“It’s one of those things where, like at the second round, I already got 12 place so it’s like, ‘Oh, your results haven’t come on’, but in general, they’ve got better. There’s been less crashes and the pace has been a lot faster - well, since we’ve been in Europe, to be fair.

“I’m really happy. I think every race I’m getting a little bit faster, a little bit stronger.

“The five weeks has come at the right time, after a couple of big crashes. It’s time to reset, regroup and just learn some new things and hopefully put them into practice when we get to Silverstone.

“Going into the second half of the season, I think it’s just trying to find that little bit extra,” he said on his ongoing progress with the Honda. “I’m about half a second off being on pole position, which is 10th to 15th at the moment, so it’s just finding that last half second - which doesn’t seem so much but it’s