Raul Fernandez had his first contact with the 2024 RS-GP. The Spanish rider received today on the first day of testing at Jerez the latest version of the RS-GP and finished the first part of the tests in 9th position and the second best Aprilia in the overall classification.
In the debrief, the Trackhouse Racing rider talked about the new sensations of the 2024 version and the morning session.
– ‘We were focused on our bike. Honestly, I am happy with the work done. Riding the 2024 bike was like receiving a treat, I only did two outings on the track and I was even fast within the second 37, the bike has potential but it’s not easy. We need time to understand the performance of the bike, but Aprilia wanted to give me a lot of information about the new bike. We need to focus on our bike now, but the new bike was like receiving a treat.’
Asked about the differences between the 2023 version and the 2024 version, Raul replied: ‘The way of riding the new bike is different, we need time to understand the bike, but for me the bike is better and has more potential than the 2023 one. The important thing is that we gathered important information from the new bike to compare with the 2023 one. We did 8/9 laps, it was not enough to understand the bike, now I can’t say if I will be fast or not. I want to see where we are, exactly with the same bike, in America I was fast with the same data as last year so we will see. Today we saw two or three different ways to approach the future.’
