Yamaha is yet to officially announce Augusto Fernandez as its new MotoGP test rider, but the Spaniard has confirmed his new role himselꦦf.

Fernandez will join Yamaha as its official test rider for the 2025 season, and the Spanish rider is expected to be on 🦋the bike before the end of 2024.

“I’m very happy as I’ve been saying in the last races,” Fernandez said on his signing with Yamaha, which is still to be officia😼lly announced, when speaking to MotoGP.com during the Barcelona test.

“We were so cl♈ose to doing it, and final🎉ly we will do it.”

Although his future is secure, Fernandez is not yet certain when he will first be able to ride the 🌊YZR-M1. He couldn’t ride in the post-race Barcelona test because of the arrival of the Pramac team to Yamaha’s MotoGP programme.

“It’s difficult because they have a lot of work with the Pramac guys, with a new team and a new project for 20🍸25,” Fernandez said.

“We will try to ride before the end of the year in December. It’s not confirmed, but we’rꩲe trying hard to get the fir๊st test of the bike before the end of the year.”

Fernandez does at least know that he will have six races for Yamaha next year, as he expects ♏to fill all of their wildcard entries.

“I’ll꧒ be doing all the wildcards possible — th🔴ey have six, so I’ll be racing all six,” he said.

“Ready for this new project, it’s diꦏfferent, a different role. 𓂃It’s hard to see the bikes riding now and not being on the track.”

The Spanish rider added that “we will discuss the calendar of the wildcards in the next🌊 weeks,” confirming that he doꦚes not know yet where his first one will be.

Finally, Fernandez touched on beiౠng able to speak to other riders involved in Yamaha’s test programme, notably Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso, and benefit from their respective MotoGP experience.

“It’s good because Cal [Cr🅰utchlow] has a lot of experience, also Dovi [Andrea Dovizioso],” Fernandez said.

“It’💟s super-nice to be with them, all the experience they𓄧 have of MotoGP, now as a test rider.

“I can’t wait to be working with them, riding with them, and comparing without the stress of all the racing weekends; riding th🔥e MotoGP bike and getting ﷽to know all these comments and how they approach the day.”