Few MotoGP riders have improved in the 2025 season with Trackhouse Raul Fernandez. Fernandez didn’t manage a single top-10 finish in the first five rounds, bested by rookie Ai Ogura.
That sequence also included four Q1 exits for the Spaniard. Indeed, when Ogura suffered an injury at the British GP, he nearly tripled his teammates’ points (43 vs 15).
Neil Hodgson said at the time. Ogura had ‘destroyed’ Fernandez. He made a ‘disappointing’ start to the year.
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But once the summer arrived, the 25-year-old started posting consistently strong results. He was 10th in the championship when he scored back-to-back sprint podiums in Indonesia and Australia.
Fernandez He then took his first premier-class win at Phillip Island and again battled for top spot at the season finale in Valencia before losing out to Aprilia factory rider Marco Bezecchi.
Raul Fernandez has had conflicts with his teammates in the past.
Fernandes produced the best top 10 performance of his MotoGP career so far. Speaking The competition Australian Post MotoGP Podcast journalist Simon Patterson highlights his personal development.
Fernandez, who is now working with a sports psychologist, apparently got into ‘physical altercations’ with his teammates. He and his brother Moto3 rider Adrian have now cut that.
“They’re both a little bit more serious now than they’ve been for a long time,” Patterson said.
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“Other than that, I don’t think there’s been a big change in the people around Raul, other than him talking at length and openly about hiring a sports psychologist and how that helped him.”
In one memorable incident during Tech3’s 2022 season, Fernandez was seen arguing with Tech3 teammate Remy Gardner in the garage after qualifying.
Raul Fernandez He is about to retire from MotoGP in 2025
According to MotoGP expert Peter Bohm. Fernandez will not enter another year in MotoGP. After meeting Honda’s Luca Marini in Indonesia. He quickly silenced his critics with Australia’s impressive win.
This was not just a fringe view. Despite his age, Fernandez was considering retirement. Because he doesn’t enjoy the competition in the middle of the season. In this sense, he saved his own career by finding form on the RS-GP25.
While a factory deal for 2027 seems unlikely – Aprilia is targeting Fabio Quatararo. And he’s expected to revive Marco Bezecic – Trackhouse reckons he’ll be looking to tie up the former Moto2 racer.
