Fernandez Motogp claims podium speed in Austrian GP

Despite one of its strongest race performances of the season, Raul Fernandez Cut a surprisingly disappointed figure after sprint in the Red Bull Ring on Saturday.

The Trackhouse Annex Rider believed that he had the pace to challenge the top-three positions, but was forced to retire from the sixth place when his ride-height device got stuck in the place.

Fernandez’s continuous reform form has hit a new level since the last race in the Czech Republic, where he finished sixth and placed Grand Prix in fifth place.

Despite finishing only ninth for Sprint in Spielberg, Spaniard made a strong start and took a fifth part before KTM was demoted a place. Brad BinderNevertheless, he was not satisfied despite another reminder of clear progress taken since the beginning of the season.

“This is difficult when you start the season so badly and run from the race (more) comfortable and you think you are doing a lot of improvement … to see that you are in fifth position in the sprint and you have some problems, not really good.

“We knew before starting the sprint that we had the speed of fighting for the podium. So (that) was the goal. I really started well, and when I saw that the beginning was good, I tried to push more, (the factory April Rider) tried to shut down the difference. Marco Bezchi Because I think the speed in this race was enough … From the lap, I think the speed was almost the same. ,

Fernandez’s best race was more than the tenth slower than the lap bezee. He was sixth and sixth riders by that metric.

Despite Saturday’s disappointment, Fernandez is looking forward to a Sunday, on which he will race for a rear tire that he likes on the soft compound used in the sprint.

He said, “I will take positivity – the ability we have and what we have in the race is for tomorrow.” “It will be interesting to see if it’s dry because I feel that I feel even more comfortable with a medium rear. I am not really happy, but I think we can take really good positivity for tomorrow.”

Fernandez also confirmed that it was a ride-hit device issue that began to compromise his race with the fifth lap, some time later the binder gave him relief in fifth place. The issue eventually led his lap-nine retirement after the device was stuck for good.