MotoGP can see riders crack or turn into diamonds under pressure and one gem is still being pleaded by their team boss to ‘give it up’ to show their true potential.
The premier class could be welcoming three rookies to the grid in 2025 with Ai Ogura, Fermin Aldeguer and Somkiat Chantra leaving Moto2. But more experienced riders will handle the other 19 bikes and look to put the first steps in place once racing begins.
Even a few drivers with multiple seasons MotoGP They also have points to prove under their belt this year. This also includes some stories George Martin how to deal with Aprilia And How Francesco Bagnaia adapts to Marc Marquez at Ducati In the blockbuster line.
David Brivio warns Raul Fernandez ‘must deliver’ at Trackhouse Racing
Another storyline to follow in the 2025 MotoGP season will be how Raul Fernandez will establish himself as Trackhouse Racing’s lead rider alongside Rocky Ogura. Team principal David Brivio lit a fire under Fernandez, also warning the 24-year-old must ‘deliver’ with his talent.
Brivio has backed Fernandez to lead the track house, tying the Spaniard to a new two-year contract with the American team last July until 2026. However, Brivio believes he has a lot to produce this time around in Fernandez’s fourth season on the MotoGP grid.
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It also allowed Miguel Oliveira to leave at the end of the 2024 season to make way for Ogura, who signed a two-year contract with Trackhouse before winning the Moto2 title. Now Brivio waits for Fernandez to step up and show what he can give the trackhouse.
“Raul is still young and we think he has a lot of talent that he hasn’t revealed yet,” Brivio said. Crash. “So he’s got potential, he’s still young (and) going into his fourth year in MotoGP.
“So we thought, ‘OK, we’re going to give him the responsibility of the team and now he has to deliver.’ We will see if he delivers,” he said.
Raul Fernandez has set the best MotoGP season of his career in 2024.
When American team RNF inherited the satellite Aprilia bikes, Brivio took charge of the trackhouse. Trackhouse inherited the Cavaliers’ lineup of Fernandez and Oliveira.
Only the factory Honda crew and their satellite outfit LCR scored fewer points as a team than the trackhouse managed last year. Fernández also lost to Oliveira in head-to-head battles in the Grand Prix (6-9), Qualifying (5-10) and Grand Prix points standings (8-12).
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Oliveira, who has signed for new satellite Yamaha team Pramac for 2025, also had a podium finish in the sprint race at the German Grand Prix in P2. Fernández almost secured a podium at the Catalunya Grand Prix in the Sprint Race after finishing in P3.
It was Fernández’s first time leading a Sprint and in the Madrid native’s MotoGP career he still hasn’t scored a podium finish in a Sprint or Grand Prix. But 2024 was still his best time in MotoGP, with Fernández improving on the 14 and 51 points he achieved in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
His improvements came despite Brivio convincing him to name the Spaniard as Trackhouse’s lead rider. Fernandez hates Aprian and changes his bike in winter. He was the only rider to start 2024 on a 2023-spec Aprilia bike but moved to 2024-spec in the summer.
