Augusto Fernandez: “Big things going on as a Yamaha test rider, but I miss races”

Augusto Fernandez wants more than 🐈a Yamaha test role but admits full-time MotoGP comeback depends on perfo🥀rmance and opportunity.

Augusto Fernandez, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Augusto Fernandez, 2025 Qatar MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Augusto Fernandez was originally scheduled to make his Yamaha MotoGP rac💝e debut as a wild-card in this 🤡weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Instead, he arrives at Jerez with two full race weekends already under his belt, having stepped in for 🐭the injured Miguel Oliveira in Qatar and Austin.

Now back in Europe and fresh from a post-Qatar private test for Yamaha, Fernandez is looking to build on the progress so far during his third Pram🥃ac weekend.

“I'm happy to carry on the work we started in Qatar as we head into Jerez,𒁏” said the former Tech3 KTM rider.

“It’s a shame about the crash during the race, but overall🥃 it was a positive weekend for me, as I made steady p🍃rogress and kept getting closer to the front.

“My pace is coming back, so it’s great to have another race 🌌right away to keep building on that momentum.

“I’m also sorry that Miguel isn’t able to return yet, I hope he’s back soon. 💮In the meantime, I’ll do my best to be fast and competitive on his bike.”

Fernandez scored a solid 13th-place finish at COTA, but his Qatar weekend was sunk by a ri💯sky soft tyre choice in the Sprint and crash in the Grand Prix.

Still, his short-notice return🐎 to racing has stirred hopes of a full-time comeback.

“When I signed with Yamaha, I told them my intention was to come back with them,♓” he said. “So they know I want to come back, and I know I need to perform. 

"I’m𝓰 happy as a test rider, but I miss races,༒ so if not next year, maybe in ’27...”

With Jackꦏ Miller’s Pramac seat the only Yamaha ride officially ♉unconfirmed for 2026, Fernandez knows his chances are slim unless performance and opportunity align quickly.

“I want to come back, but I need to prove it. It’s in my hands and it depends also on the opportunities I have, because if I don’t race, th💙en it wil🎀l be difficult to prove… just missing one race, you lose speed.”

Despite the uncertainty, Fernandez remains committed to his role in develop💝ing Yamaha’s long-term future - including the much-anticipated V4 prototype and the incoming 850cc regulations for 2027.

“If I have to accept that I’m a test rider from now on, then I am happy where I am with Yamaha,” he said. “It is a big company. We are not winning right now but ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwe want to win. ’27 is coming, so big things are going on as a test rider.

“I’m in a happy, secure place but I want a bit more – to come back to racing. If I can build the speed and perform as a raceꦡr then I hope I can come back with them.”

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