One Aprilia MotoGP rider admits concerning bike trait remains

This♔ weekend’s🐷 Thai GP will confirm if a worrying Aprilia trait persists

Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Aprilia, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Aprilia, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez admits that Aprilia’s heat issue was still present during MotoGP pre-season testing as improvements in this area were “not enough♔𝕴”.

Tﷺhis weekend’s 2025 season-opener at Buriram is set to be run in near-40 degrees celsius temperatures.

In recent years the RS-GP has been plagued by heat dissipation issues in extreme temperatures, wi༺th it causing riders to retire from races on occasion.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Trackhouse rider Fernandez s♊ays the problem has been fixed a bit, but not enough and how the bike will be in a pack remains unknown.

“We have to wor🌃k,” he said when asked about the Aprilia’s heat issue.

“I mean, I feel better but it was not enough. It is something that we need𝓰 to improve.

“On the test, sometimes I felt this heat, but especially we need to know w📖ell when we are in a slipstream and when we are behind some riders.

“This is the question: how much is the hot temperature affected📖 when you are behind riders.

𝄹“To be a🐓lone, it’s as always or maybe better. But this was not the problem before.”

No physical issues for Raul Fernandez after testing injury

Fernandez missed most of thꦿe Sepang test earlier this month when he crashed on the opening da♛y and fractured his hand.

He was able to take part in th🐼e B⛦uriram test, but wasn’t sure how fit he would be come the Thai GP race weekend.

On Thursday at Buriram, he revealed that he was “ready to start the season” havi♛ng ꦫbeen able to return to a normal training regime.

“Yes, completely,” he replied ꧟when asked about his fitness.

“Since the test I feel good. The worst thing was the fitness, I couldn’t do some exercises, but the last w⛦eek I was with the bicycle, I was fit.

“Now I’m on the bꦍike I see how I was and I feel good. So, I feel fit. It was the question before coming here and now I can tell you I feel ready to start the season.”

Fernandez is Aprilia’s only full-time rider with race experience of the RS-GP and believe♚s the 2025 bike “has more potential” than its predecessor.

“I know, but I cannot tell you,” he said about where the 2025 Apri🍎lia is different to last year’s bike.

“The bike is quite different. I like it more. I feel like the bike has more potential, I feel more comforta⛄ble🅺 when I ride the bike.

“Overall, I see ❀really positive things on the bike, it is nice. But we need to analyse what happens in a normal week.

“After that, step by step we need to also understand the bike more because just I ♍had two days of testing. I didn’t have the five days of a normal rider because 💃of my injury.

“Bu🐭t anyw𒅌ay, on the test we saw positive things. We saw also one way to work. So, happy.”

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren

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