Moto3 title contender Ai Ogura will move up to the Moto2 class with his existing Honda Team Asia squad to partner Somkiat Chantra.

Ogura has an outside chance of winning the tiddler class title at Portimao this weekend but will have to roundly beat Albert Arenas who has an eight-point advantage over the Japanese rider.

"First of all, I want to thanks the support of all the sponsors and Team. Since 2019 we have an excellent technical package to make good results. We worked hard together," said Ogura.

"Before to arrive at the World Championship, I already thought that the perfect plan was to do two years in Moto3 before the next step. Now I could do it, and I'm pleased. It will be a new bike, with new rivals, difficult for sure but I'll try to work like now, step by step."