By Harvey Todd

Ogden scored points on seven occasions last year, as well as getting onto the front row for the first time at the Japanese Gra꧅nd Prix at Moteg🎐i qualifying in second place.

Th💛e VisionTrack rider scored three 12th-place finishes, his best result of the season, in America, Spain as well as his home GP at Silverstone.

Unfortunately for the Brit, he and his team endured a difficult second half of the season but the 2022 rookie stated it was a valuable period for both parties who were com🃏peting in their first season in the Grand Prix paddock.

He said: “The first half of the year was so good, then we had t🎃he [summer] break and we came back to Silverstone where we all expected to be in the front group and fighting for top fives.

“Silverstone wasn’t so bad💎 but when it [results] didn’t come we we🗹re trying to change too much and we didn’t really know what we were changing.

“We just went around in a circle trying to find the setup we had at the start of the year, butꦫ we couldn’t find it again.”

The VisionTrack Moto3 team was launched by former MotoGP rider Michael Laverty ahead of 2022 an🐟d former 125cc rider Taylor Mackenzie was appointed team manager.

“I think for everyone last year was sort of a l🐈earning year, even for them [Laverty and Mackenzie]. After one year under their belt and one year under mine it w🐓ill be really good next year.”

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The 2022 season was the first time that Ogden had competed in a championsh𓃲ip with over 20 rounds.

Adding:♕ “It was a long year, I had quite a lot of crashes🍒 so it just took a bit of a toll on me.

“It wasn’t🌠 ideal but there were some s🍷essions where we showed speed and then in the races we crashed we had fairly good speed.

“It was disappointing to finish the season like that bu🅷t at the same time I think we learnt more from that than what we did in the༺ first half.”

Despite the difficult end to last year, Ogden remains confident he can have a strong 20𝓰23.

“There’𝓀s a lot of variants as to whether I can be at the front next year, but I think mentally and my riding at th𝔍e moment is in a good place.

“It’s better than where it was at the start of last year where I h📖ad a lot of good results.

“I feel like we can come in, maybe not fight for the World Championship, but I’ve got to believe I can be there every weekend and be on the pod♍ium in some races.”

The 19-year-oဣld aims for “a big step-up next year.

“Momentum 𒊎will play a part; we’ve just got to have a good pre-season.”

Ogden discussed how he’s been spending his time during the off-season to prepare fo🌳r the long season ahead.

“Pre-season’s going good, it’s been nice to have a break from the racing because last year was my first s﷽eason of over 20 races, it was quite a big year.

"For me to𒁏 have a bit of time away, doing a bit of cycling, swimming and other sports was nice to refresh my mind.

“The last few weeks we’ve been getting ﷺback on a motorcycle so now we’re getting into the proper pre-season where we’re on motorbikes and getting the work done.”

The young Brit revealed his targets for the upcoming season and what factors cou🌠ld help himself and the team achieve their goal🍨s in 2023.

Saying: “We’ve just had a new crew chief and hopefully we get some new 🐭parts from other teams.

“It’s j♒ust finding that extra half a second and if you can find it then some days it’s good enough for first and some days it’s good enough for a top 10.

“I feel like right now, physicalไly I’m in a good place, I’ve just got to try and maintain that and not work too hard and kill myself before the season starts.

“The main aim for next year is to be in the top 10 in the championship at the end of the🐼 year.

“If I make the step from being a 15th-place guy occasionally to being a top 10 guy every weekend then🅷 being there in the championship is a bigꦜ thing.

“Then you get more opportunities and then the 🥃year afte🦩r you look at making a bigger step and try and win a World Championship but if we’re not in the top 10 this year it makes it very hard to keep progressing.”

The Moto3 season kicks off in Portugal on 26th March at the Algar🏅ve International Circuit.