Outgoing Tech3 rider Augusto Fernandez has revealed he’s “indignant” as a poor 2024 season led to him dropping his MotoGP seat – however is assured he could make a comeback sooner or later.
Fernandez struggled for pace in his sophomore marketing campaign with KTM’s satellite tv for pc squad, ending twentieth out of twenty-two full season riders with simply 27 factors scored.
It marked a notable drop in efficiency in comparison with his rookie 12 months, when he achieved a good complete of 71 factors and completed as excessive as fourth on the French Grand Prix.
The hunch contributed to KTM’s choice to drop him from its MotoGP line-up after simply two seasons, leaving him to pursue a check rider alternative with Yamaha from 2025.
The 27-year-old mentioned he tried his greatest to adapt to the GasGas-branded RC16 in 2024, however couldn’t attain some extent the place he felt aggressive on the bike.
“It wasn’t meant to be,” Fernandez mentioned of his 2024 marketing campaign. “This 12 months was only a mixture of a whole lot of issues
Augusto Fernandez, Tech3 GASGAS Manufacturing facility Racing
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“Possibly the bike was not down for my fashion, I attempted to adapt myself to [the bike]. I can change my fashion.
“I am not the rider [who says] this isn’t my fashion and all this stuff. I work so much and that is my job and that is my life, so at house I simply work to be quick on no matter bike I am on.
“I attempted to adapt my fashion to each bike I am driving, however we did not do it right here [in 2024]. I attempted however we did not get to a aggressive base at any level.
“After all [it’s] irritating, after all I am indignant due to the season and the whole lot.”
Fernandez’s forthcoming change to Yamaha had been an open secret within the paddock for a number of months, but it surely was solely this week that the Japanese marque formally introduced the transfer.
The 2022 Moto2 champion will be part of Yamaha in a number of official and personal exams subsequent 12 months, whereas additionally getting the chance to contest choose MotoGP races as a wildcard.
Augusto Fernandez, Yamaha Racing
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Fernandez hopes his new job will permit him to indicate what he’s able to and finally earn a return to the competitors within the coming years.
“My profession retains going differently than [I] anticipated [it to go] but it surely retains going. So I am nonetheless alive,” he mentioned.
“I will likely be again, I am 100% certain. So I maintain working, maintain working laborious and keep the extent on a MotoGP bike.
“I am not performed. So I am trying ahead to this subsequent chapter. I am certain I will likely be again.
“It is simply completely different as a result of we by no means see a check rider coming again aggressive. It isn’t regular however I’ll do it. I am pleased with what’s coming, trying ahead [to it].”
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