Raul Fernandez: ‘90%’ I’ll have 2024 Aprilia at Silverstone

Assen and Sachsen𝕴ring to be Raul Fernandez's final rounds on the 2023-spec Aprilia?

Raul Fernandez, Miguel Oliveira
Raul Fernandez, Miguel Oliveira

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez is “90%” sure he’ll be upgraded to the 2024-spec Aprilia after the MotoGP summer break, at Silverstone.

Fernandez, who races f♎or the satellite Trackhouse team, is currently the only Aprilia rid💜er still using last year’s RS-GP23.

But Aprilia have pledged to upgrade his machinery to 2024 spec as soon as p🎀ossible.

Although homologation rules mean the engine-spec cannot be modified during a season, the rest of the bike can be changed, albeit with only one aero upd🐼ateಞ.

The timin𝔉g of the Aprilia aero updat𝕴e seems to be a major factor in Fernandez’s upgrade.

To have a 2024 bike spec as close as possible to the other RS-GP riders, including team-mate Miguel Oliveira, Fernandez must wait for Aprilia to int🧜roduce its latest aero, which is also expected to address past overheating issues for the flyaway rounds.

That new aero is expected to b♏e ready around Silverstone.

“I will get the🔴 new bike in Silverstone, 90%,” Fernandez said. “They are checking to give me the🐓 bike there.”

Unfortunately for Fernandez, plans to get more laps on the 2024 bike at the recent Mugello test, after a brief debut during the previous Jerez test, were ruined b🍸y🔥 bad weather.

“The idea [for the Mugello test was] to try to understand the bike and p🧸repare the bike for Silverstone,” he said.

Fernandez, who led a MotoGP race for the first time at the Catalunya Sprint, is currently 12th in the world championship, three places ahead of Oliveira 🦋on the #24 machine.

T꧙he 23-year-old underwent arm pump surg🗹ery following the Mugello test after struggling with the issue in recent rounds.

“Also in Barcelona when I was with Marc and Aleix, I lost the podium fight𝄹 for this problem,” he said.

♛Fernandez finished sixth in Barcelona, his best result of the s🦩eason so far.

Jorge Martin is the only Aprilia rider so far confirmed for 2025, wi🌳th both current factory riders, Aleix Espargaro💖 (retirement) and Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM) confirmed as leaving.

The exit of the current fa🐼ctory duo increases the chances of Oliveira and/or Fernandez remaining, due to their experience of the bike and to provide some continuity.

However, VR46’s Marco Bezzecch🧜i is hotly tipped to get the remaining factory seat alongside Martin, achieving Aprilia’s goal of sig꧒ning a fast Italian rider.

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