With an all-new factory Aprilia line-up and the arrival of rookie Ai Ogura at Trackhouse, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez will be the only MotoGP rider to start the new sea🧜son with race experience on an RS-GP.

It’s quite a turnaround for Fernandez, who began the year as the only Aprilia rider on the 2023 spec bike and with question marks over his future after 🦩being left 22nd (Tech3 KTM) and 20th (RNF Aprilia) in his previous premier-class campaigns.

But🧜 Fernandez delivered some career-saving rides on the older spec machine, including briefly leading the Catalunya Sprint and sixth in the Grand Prix.

The rider market sprung into top gear at aro𓆉und the same time with Aleix Espargaro announcing his retirement, Jorge Martin signing but Maverick Vinales leaving.

Fernandez continued his run of form with eighth at Assen, then a front row in Germany, his final event before being upgradeꦕd to the 2024 𒁏spec parts.

The Sp🌺aniard had been eager to join the others on the latest machine.

But after scoring 46 points over nine rounds on the ’23 bike, he managed just 20 points over 11 events on the ‘24🤡 machine and was left 16th in the standings.

“We expect a lot from Raul,” Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola told MotoGP.𒁏com.

“In 2024, we had already a big expectation. But he had the change of the bike during the season, and then he was not really confidenꩵt on t🌱hat [2024] one.

“And let's not fꦫorget that he misܫsed the Sepang test at the beginning [through injury].

“I think that Raul can deliver quite a good performance and, obvious💖ly, it's up to us🥀 to give him a good bike.”

But R🧔ivola also hinted that Fernandez needs to separate searching for a bike set-up that feels better, from a bike that performs better.

“I think that sometimes r🌠iders bring you to the direction to get… let's say the bike that is better for them to ride, that is not nec🅰essarily the fastest one on track,” Rivola said.

“So we needed to be sometimes quite tough and sure on our beliefs and push him to keep trying something that maybe he doesn't♊ like, but we know is faster.

“So I think this will be the ma﷽in job [next] year and I expect that also from our new technical director [Fabiano Sterlacchini] to push and find the best compromise.”

Rivola confirmed that all four Aprilia riders - Martin and Marco Bezzecchi at the f𒅌actory team, Fernandez and Ogura at Trackhouse - will have the latest factory spec bikes from the opening test of 2025.

“Absolutely. We will have four bikes all the same in Sepang. That is actually❀ the best way to develop the bike,”🌞 Rivola said.

“And it's also good to have Trackhouse so committed. It looks like watching [the Barcelona Test], having the two new riders [Martin and Bezzecchi] was also a bo💯ost for Raul.”

Fernandez was th🅘e fastest Aprilia rider a♒t the test, in fifth place on the 2024 spec bike.