Trackhouse Racing joined the 2024 MotoGP World Championship as America’s solely group within the premier class and now has its first rider signed for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Welcome again to the Home – Raul Fernandez!
Because the early days of the Trackhouse Racing venture to enter the MotoGP World Championship, again in November of 2023, Raul Fernandez has embraced the imaginative and prescient to type a brand new, dynamic and aggressive American group on the pinnacle of worldwide motorbike racing. From the very first check, the 23 yr outdated from Madrid, Spain, has pushed the bounds of his Trackhouse Aprilia RS-GP23 and steadily gained pace, consistency and confidence – and has been a valued chief on his #25 aspect of the pit storage.
Bringing on younger expertise has been a trademark of the Trackhouse strategy from the start when Justin Marks opened Trackhouse Racing as an entry within the NASCAR Cup sequence in 2021. After simply 3 years, Trackhouse has achieved 7 wins within the ivy league of inventory automotive racing and has develop into more and more aggressive on two wheels with front-row qualifying efficiency and a Dash race podium final day out on the German Grand Prix.
As one of many standout younger abilities within the MotoGP World Championship, Raul joined the premier class in 2022, having been a really shut 2nd place within the intermediate Moto2 championship in 2021 – scoring eight wins alongside the way in which and within the eyes of many, the category act of the yr. His MotoGP profession to this point has seen Raul steadily gaining confidence and in 2024, his true potential has develop into clear with a stable, aggressive, setting round him within the Trackhouse storage and the expertise of Workforce Principal, Davide Brivio, serving to to information his strategy to racing.
Trackhouse has chosen to proceed working with Raul, aiming to assist him develop his profession and the efficiency of the group for the longer term. Having proven his tempo on the 2023 specification Aprilia, Raul will graduate onto the newest spec RS-GP24 on the subsequent spherical – Silverstone, for the British Grand Prix and all at Trackhouse are enthusiastic about his prospects for the remainder of this season and the following two years to return. Go Raul – Vamos!
RAUL FERNANDEZ“I’m tremendous pleased to stay with Trackhouse Racing MotoGP. That’s all we needed; this new venture, with Justin and Davide, is nice they usually have constructed an excellent group. I’m delighted to listen to their plans for the longer term as they’ve a transparent thought of what they wish to do and for me, from the start of the yr, it was my precedence to attempt to keep within the group. On the finish, I get to be right here for the following two years which leaves me very happy however, in fact, this additionally means we’ve a variety of work to do. We may have the total manufacturing facility materials in 2025 and 2026, clearly nice information and proper now, we’re gearing as much as begin with a brand new bike in the course of this yr, so we’ve to make good use of this to organize for subsequent yr as nicely. We have to keep calm, perceive the whole lot in regards to the bike and see what we’ve to do for the 2025 season – it is vitally vital. Trackhouse Racing MotoGP is simply a tremendous group, I really like the concepts of this American group and I’m additionally pleased to see Justin’s ambitions. He’s new to MotoGP however able to deliver one thing completely different in right here for the American market and I hope we will make a distinction – attempting to make MotoGP develop there. Additionally, with Davide I’m very pleased. He received 5 titles in MotoGP up to now and I feel he’s the correct particular person to assist me to meet my desires. I strongly consider in him and his talents to create a terrific group, I’m simply over the moon. Now, in Silverstone, we are going to obtain the 2024 improve specification of the Aprilia, which goes to be thrilling. The primary a part of this yr has already gone nicely, particularly the final 4 rounds, as we managed to make some large steps and took the utmost from the bike. I really feel that we’re on the restrict in the intervening time, so it’s nice to leap to the brand new Aprilia now. We may have the identical materials, just like the manufacturing facility riders and Miguel, so it will likely be fascinating to search out out about our degree contained in the championship, particularly on the Aprilia aspect.”
DAVIDE BRIVIO – TEAM PRINCIPAL“We’re pleased to safe Raul in our rider line-up for the following two years. Having seen him at work in the previous couple of months, we’ve appreciated his expertise and I really feel that he has been altering his strategy to racing and that he’s prepared to work, prepared to place within the effort to enhance, to unravel issues and that is all the time with a optimistic strategy. That is one thing that we’ve appreciated and it will likely be essential to proceed for our future, having already 3 yr’s expertise in MotoGP and figuring out the newest 2024 spec Aprilia RS-GP from Silverstone to the top of the season – it will likely be one of the best ways to organize Raul for the approaching two years. I feel we’ve so much in frequent; the mind-set on this venture and Raul is pleased together with his crew, he’s pleased in regards to the group course and so there are all of the situations we have to make our problem stronger, assist get Raul to be a stronger rider and preserve pushing to make Trackhouse Racing a greater MotoGP group.”
JUSTIN MARKS – TEAM OWNER“I’m thrilled that Raul will be part of Trackhouse for the longer term – he has proven the dedication and dedication essential to excel on the MotoGP World Championship degree. We’re a brand new group and studying on daily basis so having a younger, hungry, rider like Raul might be tremendously useful as we proceed to work with Aprilia constructing the group. Raul has super pace and expertise and everyone knows that, as his expertise grows, he might be nearer and nearer to the highest step of the rostrum.”
