Five riders will officially be fighting for their futures in the premier class field during the 2025 MotoGP season, but another pilot has now been named as a possible deployment.
Every bike on the cutting edge of motorcycle racing is locked in for the next two years MotoGP The ridership market is flooded with two-year contracts. MotoGP teams like to lock their line-ups for two seasons to give continuity and a chance to build the project.
But five riders enter the new campaign in Franco Morbidelli with the VR46 Racing Team, Luca Marini with Honda, Yohan Zarco and Somkiat Chantra with LCR and Jack Miller with Pramac. They cannot be alone in finding their future in MotoGP.
Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez could be deployed without Aprilia factory support.
Raul Fernandez will hit the grid for the Thai Grand Prix on March 2 to begin his fourth season in MotoGP. But the 24-year-old has signed a direct contract with Trackhouse Racing until 2026, marking his first season without any factory support in the premier class.
KTM brought Fernández to MotoGP in 2022 with Tech3 after finishing second in the 2021 Moto2 standings as a rookie in 2022 Moto2. However, the Spaniard has since switched to RNF – which became Trackhouse in 2024 – after Fernández signed a two-year contract with Aprilia for the 2023 term.
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In the year Making his debut for the trackhouse in 2024 in an Aprilia RS-GP23, Fernandez signed a two-year deal directly with the US-owned team in July. Christmas The competition Aprilia project leader Fabiano Sterlacchini has announced that Fernandez may be fired after comments made against him.
Although Aprilia’s only point of continuity from 2024 to 2025 is testing their 2025 bike as early as September’s Misano test, Fernandez did not get the latest prototype in post-season testing. Instead, he made comparisons between the 2023 and 2024 bikes.
Steralacchini said he didn’t get the Aprilia 2025 bike that Trackhouse ace Fernandez is due to race in Barcelona, ​​saying ‘it’s hard for four (2025-spec) bikes to get here for four riders’. But ignoring Fernandez signaled how Aprilia thinks of the trackhouse rider.
Raul Fernandez has earned accolades but no podium as a MotoGP rider.
Fernandes has won some fans for his work in the MotoGP paddock, with ‘A fierce, fast and strong driver’ Man ‘just needs a bit of fine tuning’ but the Spaniard didn’t back up his praise with results.
Schwantz praised Fernandes ahead of the 2024 MotoGP season, which has turned out to be his best year yet in the premier class. But despite scoring a personal-best 66 points – helped in part by running 20 races instead of 18 or 19 – Fernandez managed just six top-10 Grand Prix results.
Four of his six top 10 results came with Fernandes riding the RS-GP23 bike before Aprilia switched the track house rider from the British Grand Prix to their 2024 rival in August. right now, Fernandes never wants to change bikes mid-season. After that experience.
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