Fermin Aldeguer is expected to return to Brazil from injury until he passes a fitness test, according to Gresini team manager Michel Massini.
Questions remain as to when. I can’t help it He will make his first appearance this year after a crash in training at the Aspar Circuit Superbike in Valencia in January. The 20-year-old underwent surgery on an injury sustained in Barcelona in January.
Aldeguer was forced to miss the first pre-season test at Sepang, and has now been confirmed to sit out Buriram and the test. Grand Prix of Thailand. Ducati test rider Michel Pirro will replace Aldeguer in the Thailand GP. to complete Gresini line up.
During the 2026 bike launch event in Gresini at the end of January, Aldeguer ruled himself out of the Thai GP He is still recovering at home. But when he learned that the Spaniard had returned Brazilian Grand Prix As someone sought a return date, it was unclear whether it was realistic.
Gresini is ‘very confident’ that Fermin Aldegar will be fit to return at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Aldeguer is unable to join Gresini in 2026 as he is awaiting medical clearance to return from injury, but Massini has revealed that Murcia is in constant contact with the team in preparation for the season. Gresinim are also confident that Aldegar will be fit to return to Brazil.
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In the year In 2026 MotoGP season In the year For the first time in a row since 1992, he heads to Goiania for the second race of the year in Brazil. Gresini are confident that Aldeguer will compete in the Brazilian GP as he has a three-week break after the Thai GP.
“I think we are confident that it will come in Brazil,” Massini said. Motorsport.com. “He is working very hard to be ready for Buriram. But we have to evaluate the risk and condition of the bone. Therefore, we are waiting for the response of the doctors.
“We are in constant contact with him every session. He wants to know everything. He has spoken to the main mechanic, Frankie Carchedi, who is here to monitor his progress.
“We will miss Fermin very much, but we will continue to work for him as we want to be ready when he gets back on the bike.”
Michel Pirro will replace the injured Fermin Aldeguer at the Thai Grand Prix.
Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi had backed Aldeguer to return from injury at the Thai GP.After the 50-day schedule, Murcia believed that jumping on the Desmosedici GP25 was “realistic”. But Gresini is proud instead Pyro to enter.
Gresini now has a three-week gap between the Thailand GP, which opens on March 1, and the Brazil GP on March 22, enough distance for Aldeguer to hope to recover sufficiently from his injury. If the Spaniard is not eligible to compete in Brazil, his participation in the US will be uncertain.
MotoGP travels across North America from Brazil to Austin, Texas for three rounds with the US Grand Prix on March 29. So if Aldegar is not ready to return to Brazil, it is unlikely he will race in the US and may delay his return to the Qatar Grand Prix on April 12.
