With half of Aprilia’s MotoGP lineup failing to get injured, Raul Fernandez did an unbelievable job of backing up Marco Bezzecchi’s Dash victory by insisting on his first MotoGP Rostrum.
Fernandez additionally appeared suited to the highest three of his debut observe home Grand Prix race on Sunday.
Betzecchi’s early elimination left Fernandez as the only real contender for Aprilia, after a collision with Mark Marquez, on the weekend when the RS-GP appeared in probably the most highly effective general package deal.
It additionally meant that one of many two riders was not an element forward of Fernandez on Saturday. The opposite was Fermin Aldegu.
Nonetheless, the rookie surged from third to first, however Fernandez was caught up in a giant multi-rider combat and was unable to unlock his potential.
Fernandez fled to a dominant debut victory, however Fernandez was behind the ultimate podium with Pedro Acosta, with a handful of laps.
The KTM rider then handed Alex Marquez and completed second to Aldeguer.
Nonetheless, Fernandez went in the wrong way and crossed the end line in sixth place, dropping to Brad Binder and Luca Marini.
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“After I noticed the race began, Raul had the tempo earlier than, to be with Fermin,” mentioned Aprilia CEO Massimo Ribora.
“(He) could not discover a place to assault and move — when he tried it… he did not do it in a clear means. He contacted Luka (Marini) after which went for a very long time in ten.
“The P6 is an effective consequence, however in line with the efficiency he had, the rostrum is one thing we are able to anticipate as a result of the velocity was actually good.”
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Fernandez admitted that the result had left him a little bit calmer.
“We have to discover one thing… we’ll enhance overtaking. I am not utterly blissful as a result of the tempo of the race was really fairly sluggish.
Group Principal Davide Brivio agreed:
“In fact, the P6 is a optimistic final result, however general, it did get a little bit higher when it comes to how the race developed.
“I might have been blissful if I had mentioned we have been sixth earlier than we got here right here, however at the moment I’m not utterly blissful.”
