Raul Fernandez achieved one of his best results of the season at the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, finishing in a strong eighth place. Although he is happy with his performance and feels capable of competing with his Aprilia stablemate Maverick Viñales, the TrackHouse Racing team rider is aware of the improvements needed to get closer to the cutting-edge Ducatis.
Fernandez thus recognized the significant gap with the Ducati, emphasizing the importance of working on electronics to improve its performance: “I'm happy, but when I saw the Ducati race, we lost more than 20 seconds ; it's quite difficult to see where we can improve our bike. We know that we have room for improvement, we work on electronics, but I'm not 100% comfortable. We are working well, but it is not enough, we must continue to work on the electronics side. This is now our weak point at Aprilia »
Raul Fernandez: “ electronics are our weak point at Aprilia »
Although Raul fernandez recognizes the need to improve electronics, he expresses confidence in its ability to compete with Casa Particular in Viñales, the reference driver at Aprilia : " our motorcycle works well, we already saw that Maverick was quite competitive, he fought for the podium until the end. I feel like now we're ready to fight it, but we have to work on the electronics and see how I can get the best potential out of the bike »
The result at Dutch Grand Prix is promising for Fernandez and the TrackHouse Racing team. By focusing on improving electronics, they hope to narrow the gap with Ducati and maximize the potential of their motorcycle. This performance reinforces the confidence of Fernandez in his abilities and those of his team, paving the way for better performance in races MotoGP to come up.
