The year 2023 will have been one of the most chaotic in recent years in MotoGP, largely due to the new format implemented in the category that included a Sprint race – literally – on Saturdays. Raúl Fernández believes that this year will be calmer, with fewer injuries, although he warns beforehand that the start could still be aggressive.
Talking about the new format, the Spaniard from Trackhouse Racing believes that throughout the year there have been improvements – for him individually and how he has adapted – but not only that: ‘It was a big problem to understand the Sprint races, the new schedule. For me the last part of the year was very good, for everyone else more or less’.
The driver believes that this new season there will be a better adaptation to the new format and that everything will go better, with fewer injuries, although naturally we can expect some hotter moments:
– I saw a lot of riders with problems, saying that next year things would be easier and that almost everyone would understand the format better, so yes, I hope that this 2024 doesn’t happen what happened in 2023, with a lot of injuries. In any case, you never know, especially at the start when everyone wants to push too hard and in the Sprint you have to be in control because the race isn’t so long.