The brutal honesty of MotoGP’s most at-risk rider
“I don't know what's going to happen next yea🌳r, but we have half a year left."

The rider likeliestꦑ to find himself without a MotoGP bike next season appears to be Augusto Fernandez.
The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up will feature a new-loo😼k KTM factory duo of Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta, with Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini at Tech3.
Jack Miller and Fernandez♐ are, as a 🐲result, out of the door.
"Right now I'm in the worst situa𝓰tion,” Fernandez told about his dire form befo𝐆re news broke that he would be replaced.
“I know I have a lot more. There's more than half a year lef🉐t.
“So... it can be torture.
“I don't know what's going toಞ happen next year, but we have half a year left.
“I don't see mওyself🅰 having such a bad time all that time.
“So we have to try to draw strength and turn t♒he situation around, be🐟cause there is a lot of good information from the other riders that we can copy.
“We have to try to have a good time in the remainder of t🐭he𝓀 season and next year we'll see where we'll be. But at least turn this around.”
KTM showed huge faith in Fernan꧂dez a year a⛎go when, faced with a choice to demote him or Pol Espargaro, they picked the more experienced rider.
But Acosta’s sensational rookie year aꦐt Tech3 has made life difficult for teammate Fernandez.
Fernandez was t🌜he Moto2 champion in 2022 𒈔but hasn’t been able to show his top form in the premier class.
Now on the lookout for a new role next season, opportuniti🐷es on the MotoGP grid are few and far betwee🧔n.
Gresini need a replacement for Marc Marquez, Trackhouse might 🍷opt to change either 🤡of their current riders.
Honda and Yama𓆉ha already have more experienced opt♉ions.
The rumour mill suggests Fernaꦇndez could be looking at aꦆ future in World Superbikes unless, in the remainder of this year, he can suddenly find form.
He should be reminded that Fabio di Giannantonio saved his MotoGP career un𓄧expectedly last year when, out of a job and with no new option on the table, he burst into the form of his life.
Fernande🎃z might need something similar to continue in MotoGP.

James was a sports journalist at S⛄ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.