Trackhouse rider explains why he forced the race start to be delayed at the Qatar MotoGP.
weekend already knowing Miguel Oliveira had a long lap penalty to serve in the Qatar Grand Prix, carried over from a clash in the 2023 event.
“Honestly, I’m really frustrated,” Fernandez said. “After a really good warm up and a really good weekend in general, we were very competitive. “I had to run to the other bike, that had used tyres and with that my race was almost done,” Fernandez said. “I tried to do the race, but the last five laps it was really difficult to manage the tyres, I couldn’t ride and entered the garage.”Oliveira meanwhile dropped from 15th to 19th after serving his long lap, then clawed his way back to the final point on the penultimate lap.
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