In what turned out to be a titanic battle between the two riders throughout the season, Fernandez, who has since m🐓oved up to Mo✤toGP for 2023 with the rebranded Factory GASGAS Tech 3 team, took the title through making fewer mistakes than his rival.

Both riders showed incredible consistency, however, the final three races saw Fernandez make one mi🍌stake (Phillip Island), while Ogura crashed out at both Sepang and Valencia.

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Revealing just how intense the pressure was heading into his home round, Fernandez told : "The pressure was really there! I was afraid of everything. I tried 🎃to do everything like normal but𝓰 it was not easy. 

"I said ‘that’s it [when Ogura fell], I’m world champion’. I wasn’t really conscious of what we did but it waꦆs a dream come true."

Unlike 2022 when MotoGP had five rookies join the grid, only Fernandez will be making his premier class debut in 202🌼3 after Ogura and Pedro Acosta rejected offers to move up from Mo🌌to2.

Part of a very strong KTM line-up that includes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder, former Ducati rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro, Fernandez is keen to learn as much as possible.

"To be a꧂ MotoGP rider is what everybody wants and I think I have a very good team,” added the Spaniard. 

"Pol [Espargaro] as a teamﷺ-mate has a lot of experience and with the KTM team we have Brad [Binder] and Jack [Miller] who also have a lot of experience. 

"I’m looking forward to lear💃ning ♌a lot from these guys."

‘Normal’ progression to MotoGP was ‘too expensive’ - Fernandez

Although his dream of becoming a MotoGP 🍸rider has been realis♐ed, it was far from a certainty that Fernandez would make his way to the top level of racing growing up.

The Madrid-born rider was unable to take the tr𝓰aditional path into racing due to financial constraints, which led him to competing in ‘cheaper’ categories.

And despite finding his way into the Grand Prix paddock in 2017, Fernande♓z still faced his fair share of challenges after describing some moments of his professional racing career as﷽ ‘the toughest period’ of his career. 

Fernandez stated: "It’s been a long way and a different way. The moto speedway and all the normal way was too expensive for our family.&nb♎sp;

"We couldn’t afford that and we tried to go to different classes that were a little bit cheaper and try to win those classes to have the opportunity to move up to the next one💜. 

"Then, even my years in the world championship were difficult and at some point I didn’t en🌌joy ꧂riding because I was not feeling good. This was the toughest period of my career until now. 

"In 2021⛄ I was back at the good level and I enjoyed riding again. I am the ride🧸r that I am today because of those bad years."