Raul Fernandez was in contention to collect points in the now two races that make up a MotoGP Grand Prix, but two laps from the goal of Sunday's competition, his body gave way, causing his crash. More precisely, one arm refused any service, after having alerted him of a problem halfway through. Disappointed, the Spaniard attributes this phenomenon to the new, more demanding format.
Raul fernandez did not make the expected start to Portimao with a Aprilia with whom he swears to get along better than with his previous KTM. Its Portuguese Grand Prix was almost written at the end of a Q1 which put him in an anonymous 20th place on the grid. However, in the race, he showed all his combativeness by finishing eleventh on Sprint on Saturday before finishing 13th two laps from the end of the race on Sunday. But at turn 5, the body said stop…
Public chat speedweek we read the epic story of the Spaniard from the RNF team who will definitely have been hard tested in the Algarve, since his first pilot is, let us remember Miguel Oliveira... " My big problem was qualifying, because it's extremely important this season “, begins the former Moto2 world vice-champion version 2021. “ We did a good job both in the sprint on Saturday and in the race on Sunday. I didn't get the best start on Sunday, but I was ahead of Fabio and behind Aleix, which was good. I felt really good with the bike during the race ».
Raul Fernandez: “ we're only human, it's too stressful«
Yes but here it is… “ From the middle of the race I had problems with my arm. I had no feeling and couldn't brake properly.. I would like to apologize to the team because they did a perfect job ". A physical failure which he therefore attributes to the new format: “ due to the new format, you have to go at full speed from the first test session. It's very tiring for the body. We're only human, it's too stressful. Our motorcycles are interchangeable, but as a rider we only have one body ».
The Spaniard has little time to recover before the next race in Argentina expected this weekend, which is why he will wait until he returns to Europe to see more clearly about his condition: “ I need to have my arm medically checked after Argentina, because something like that shouldn't happen ". Clearly, the start of this new era is causing a lot of damage in the ranks of MotoGP…
MotoGP Portugal Portimao Race: classification
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