Raul Fernandez says he would “like to not repeat” ever having to alter bikes halfway by way of a MotoGP season after going from the 2023 Aprilia to the 2024-spec.
The Trackhouse rider began the marketing campaign on final yr’s Aprilia and was a constant high 10 challenger on it, attaining his finest grand prix results of the yr in Barcelona in sixth.
However from the British GP, Fernandez was switched to the 2024 RS-GP and struggled to know it, along with his finest consequence a tenth on two events within the second half of the marketing campaign.
As Aprilia’s solely remaining rider for 2025, Fernandez was additionally tasked with finishing up numerous improvement work, which meant he “didn’t have time for us” to deal with himself.
Ending the yr sixteenth within the factors, Fernandez says he “didn’t enhance” throughout the yr and hopes to by no means have to alter bike once more throughout a season.
“On the finish, it was tremendous tough,” he stated.
“We didn’t enhance. Possibly we examined numerous issues and we didn’t have numerous time for us.
“So, we had been centered on enhancing the mission and making an attempt to know numerous issues.
“I attempted many, many issues with the bike from final yr. I modified numerous issues, we tried, we needed to perceive much more issues.
“However ultimately we understood nothing. It’s irritating. Yeah, we understood numerous issues however ultimately I couldn’t use them. So, that is the irritating half.
“I don’t need to do that factor [change bike during a campaign] subsequent yr or in my life.
“I wish to not repeat this factor. It’s actually tough to alter the entire bike in the course of the season.
“In case you change small particulars, okay, however the bike is totally reverse.
“So, you could change numerous issues in your driving model. So, it didn’t assist us.”
Fernandez stays with Trackhouse for one more two years and shall be joined by reigning Moto2 world champion Ai Ogura subsequent yr.
