Ayumu Sasaki

Ayumu Sasaki is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born on 4 October 2000. As of the source he competes in the Moto2 class for the Dutch RW Racing Team, after racing in Moto3 from 2016 to 2023, where he finished runner-up in his final year behind eventual champion Jaume Masià. His junior career included the 2015 Asia Talent Cup title and a third place in that year's Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup standings, followed by the 2016 Rookies Cup title, won by 49 points after four race wins. He made his Grand Prix debut at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix with Gresini Racing as a replacement for the injured Enea Bastianini, and won rookie of the year in the 2017 Moto3 World Championship with Sepang Racing Team.