The Trackhouse Racing MotoGP presentation is currently taking place and Raúl Fernández is heading into the season as one of the main faces of the North American team. In a pivotal year for the rider, he is very excited about what lies ahead and is determined to do his best.
During the presentation, Fernández began by saying how happy he was to be with the team for another year, saying that he is more focused than ever on himself and is committed to achieving good results:
– It’s great to be here again. I’m very happy to be part of Trackhouse, this year will be interesting. This winter was very different for me, I trained a lot and tried to focus a lot on myself. I’m just thinking about myself and not what other people are doing and maybe we’ll change the mentality a bit. I’ve also changed a lot of things in the way I train and I’m very motivated for the start of the season. We also have new colors and a new partner, and I’m very happy to be here and to start the season.
On the tests he did in November and his first impressions of the new bike he will have at his disposal, Fernández said: ‘It was a very interesting test, but we didn’t have many things to test. I’m very happy to go to Sepang and see what Aprilia will bring us. It will be the first year I’m in MotoGP [from the start] with a factory bike. We won’t be changing bikes in the middle of the season [as we did in 2024, when we switched from the GP23 to the GP24] and that’s very important to me. I also know that we’ll have a very important rider in the factory, the world champion [Jorge Martín] and we’ll have his input to try and improve ourselves and that’s very important to me, which is positive. We’ve also changed some people in the garage and I feel comfortable working with them. Overall it’s been positive’.
As for his wishes for 2025, it’s of course difficult and early to say at the moment, but the #25 was able to say: ‘To do my utmost, I’d like to do my best, to have fun, and of course the results? It’s important, it’s a year in which I have to have good results. I’m focused on myself, on giving my all and trying to stay calm because this year is important to me. It’s a year in which I’ve changed some things in my life, in my mentality and I’ve also tried to change physical aspects and I hope I don’t have any problems in that respect, and I hope to be 100% all year’.