Contract worry admission from at-risk MotoGP rider as silly season starts

“I see what the rest are doing with the bꦛike. So, no excuses"

Augusto Fernandez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 22 March
Augusto Fernandez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 22 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Augusto Fernandez is open about his contract worry as the�🐓� rider market gets interesting.

The Tech3 GASGAS rider is into his second season in MotoGP.

But h♈is stunnin꧙g new teammate, Pedro Acosta, has set the bar incredibly high and created a difficult situation for Fernandez.

While Acosta has twice been on the podium, Fernandez has struggled 🌌this ye♛ar so far.

He ha🐼s finished 17th, 11thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ and 14th in the three grands prix before this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP.

“We need to [resolve this] now,” Fernandez said about 🔯his below-par form.

“We need to sign contracts, to keep on…

“I would love to st𒆙ay on the same bike n𓃲ext year because I believe in the project.

“I want to show them - prove to them - that 𒆙I am a winner, and th🥂at I can win with their bike.”

Fernandez’s contract expires at the end of this se꧃ason.

KTM, 🉐meanwhile, have Brad Binder secured longer-term and are believed to have an option to keep Acosta.

Last year when Acosta 𝔉demanded a promotion after winning Moto2, it was originally thought that Fernandez would be sacrificed🍬.

Instead, in a huge show of faith, KTM rewarded Fernandez with a new contract for 2024 and demot♈ed Pol E🌌spargaro.

T꧙he 2022 Moto2 champion Fernandez has therefore seen first-hand that KTM can be ruthless when making contract calls.

The key, he k🥂nows, is 🏅to sort out his on-track performance.

“I want 🐻to win. I’m here to win,” Fernandez in💟sisted.

“I’m world champion and I work to win. So I don’t li💃ke to be at the back of the grid.

“We expected a lo🌳t better. Because wܫe finished the season not bad.

I was close to the top KTM quite a lot of times.

“So I expected a lot more for the start of the season with the ♓new bike, wi𒆙th the experience.

“I am struggling to even get the speed. I don’t have the speed ye🌠t.

“In the past I have faced this kind of situation.

“My career has b🐲een like this - one year very good, a couple♌ of years bad.

“But I always come back.

“I don’t feeꦬl good with the bike. But I see potential.ꦉ I see that the bike is better.

“I see what th༒e rest are doing with the bike. So, no excuses𝄹.

“I need to find my base with the bike, and get myꦆ speed back.

“I🍬t’s a relief, kind of. Because of course, I need to do it. But the bike can do these things.

“I am♍ open to change whatever. I want to be there. I want to win.”

The presence of ﷽Fernandez’s new teammate Acosta has complicated matters.

But Fernandez insists thatꦑ being so dramatically out🌟performed could work in his favour.

“Luckily we have Pedro in the same box, ▨going very fast sin꧃ce preseason,” Fernandez said.

“So I am able to compare things, understand a little bit quicker what I am missing, what 🎃I need, or don’t need, or where I am already fast.

“Having fast teammates is bad for one thing, because it is a lot of fight. But it’s good to꧙ recover when you are lost.

“Y🦂ou can recover quicker when you have these kinds of teammates.”

Fernandez is one of many ri🌊ders heading into their home race, the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, this weekend as the European leg of the MotoGP season begins.

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