Raúl Fernández is out for the remainder of the tests in Malaysia after a heavy crash. This Tuesday, testing at Sepang didn’t start well for Raúl Fernández. The Trackhouse Racing rider suffered a significant crash that required him to be examined at a hospital, and he will miss the next two days at the Malaysian circuit.
According to the team, the decision was made to avoid risking serious injuries to his hip and pelvis, which were severely bruised. The Spaniard will return home to recover in time for the Qatar test in about two weeks.
In a statement the team sent to the media, Fernández said: ‘First of all, I would like to say sorry to Aprilia and our Trackhouse Racing MotoGP Team. This morning in my first laps I had a big crash because of the track conditions. Honestly, I didn’t expect that coming. But because of that crash, I won’t be able to continue this test here in Sepang. I feel really, really bad, because we won’t have the chance to continue to understand the new bike better and to learn how it feels’.
Regarding his decision to withdraw from the rest of the Sepang test, #25 clarified: ‘For me, it’s just going to be important now to recover well and to rest. To ride the bike like this is not safe for me, so I need to focus on my recovery and try to be at 100% in Qatar test in order to do all the work we planned to do here. Again, I want to say sorry to Aprilia and the team’.