One in all MotoGP’s most at-risk riders for a 2026 keep has acquired a blunt evaluation from his workforce boss.
Raul Fernandez has struggled aboard his Trackhouse Aprilia for almost all of the season.
He has an Aprilia contract which extends into subsequent 12 months however that hasn’t spared him from the hearsay mill that he may very well be changed except outcomes constantly enhance.
Workforce boss Davide Brivio – whose resolution to advertise Ai Ogura from Moto2 has been extensively praised – was clear in his message to Fernandez.
“Raul has a contract and we’ll completely respect that,” Brivio instructed Motorsport.com.
“There aren’t any dates or ultimatums, but it surely’s clear that Raul must react – and he must do it for himself.”
Raul Fernandez: ‘I am not right here to race for cash’
Fernandez stated about incomes his keep in 2026: “I feel it’s one thing that I even talked about with the workforce.
“I’m not fascinated about a timeframe. I don’t need to reside in a scenario like that.”
“I’ve an excellent workforce and an excellent manufacturing facility. However I have to be completely satisfied too, and I would like to search out [a way] to get pleasure from… and get off the bike with a smile on my face.”
He added: “I additionally communicated to [Brivio]: that I’m not right here to race for cash. [Money] is a consequence, however I come right here to get pleasure from myself.”
Fernandez finds himself 18th within the MotoGP standings forward of this weekend’s Silverstone spherical.
That is his fourth season within the premier class, and this third using an Aprilia, however he has by no means larger than sixteenth total.
This 12 months, Fernandez has badly struggled to extract efficiency from his bike.
Nonetheless, there may be purpose to imagine he’s on an upward pattern.
Fernandez emerged from the Jerez check, after the Spanish MotoGP, buoyant and insisting he had discovered one thing which might result in lap time.
He duly transformed that into his greatest spherical of the 2025 season final day out at Le Mans.
A repeat of Fernandez’s Tenth-place end within the Le Mans dash, and his seventh-place end within the grand prix, would make his future look a lot clearer.
