Raúl Fernández (motorcyclist)

Raúl Fernández
Fernández in 2023
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(2000-10-23) 23 October 2000 Madrid, Spain
Current team	Trackhouse Racing
Bike number	25
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers KTM (2022) Aprilia (2023–) Championships 0 2023 championship position 20th (65 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 58 0 0 0 0 131 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2021 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2021 championship position 2nd (307 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 18 8 12 7 7 307 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2016–2020 Manufacturers KTM, Mahindra Championships 0 2020 championship position 4th (159 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 42 2 4 6 1 240

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is González.

Raúl Fernández González (born 23 October 2000) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in the MotoGP World Championship with Trackhouse Racing. His younger brother, Adrián, is also a motorcycle racer. They are not related to MotoGP rider Augusto Fernández. He was 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Champion.

Career

Junior career

Fernández competed in the 2015 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, finishing 3rd in Brno, 2nd in Misano, and 2nd in Aragón in his rookie campaign, ending the season 7th in the overall standings, with 121 points. He competed again in 2016, this time finishing on the podium six times (twice 1st, three times 2nd, and once 3rd), winning two races in Assen (both from Pole Position), and finishing the season in 3rd overall. He was the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Champion.

Moto3 World Championship

MH6 Team (2016)

In the last race of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, Fernández made his Grand Prix debut at Valencia, as the replacement for the injured María Herrera, scoring championship points with an 11th place.

Aspar Team (2017–2019)

Fernández in 2018

Fernández would make three wild-card round entries for the Mahindra Aspar Team in 2017, finishing 25th in Jerez, retiring in Assen, and finishing 22nd in Germany.

He would once again make four wild-card round entries for the Aspar Team in 2018, this time riding KTM bikes used by the Aspar team. He improved his prior season's results, and earned himself a full time ride for next year with his 10th place in Barcelona, 9th place in Germany, 17th place in Aragón, and 13th place in Valencia.

In his first full year in Moto3, Fernández had a decent rookie season, finishing in the points ten times, finishing in the top-ten six times, with his season's highest being a 5th-place finish in Germany. He ended the 2019 season 21st in the championship standings, with 60 points.

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2020)

Due to his good performances, Fernández was given a contract by the Red Bull KTM Ajo team for the 2020 season, which saw him steadily improve over the course of the year. He had six Pole Positions during the season (Czechia, Austria, Misano, Aragón, Valencia, and Portimao), two 3rd places in Aragón and Valencia, and won the European Grand Prix, and Portuguese Grand Prix. He ended the season 4th in the championship standings, with 159 points, just 15 points away from 1st.

Moto2 World Championship

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2021)

Fernández at the 2021 Algarve Grand Prix

Being promoted to Moto2, but staying with the Red Bull KTM Ajo family, Fernández had the best rookie season ever in Moto2, beating several records of Marc Márquez. He won eight races (Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, Aragón, Rimini, USA, and Valencia), had seven Pole Positions, stood on the podium 12 times, finished outside of the top-seven just the three times he retired from a race (Germany, Great Britain, Misano), and finished second in the standings, just 4 points away from teammate Remy Gardner, who won the title.

MotoGP World Championship

Tech3 KTM Factory Racing (2022)

In August 2021, it was announced that both Fernández and Gardner would be promoted to MotoGP, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the 2022 season. Fernández becomes just the third rider to be promoted to MotoGP after one lone season in Moto2, following Maverick Viñales, and Joan Mir.

RNF MotoGP Team (2023)

In August 2022, Fernández signed with RNF Racing for 2023, partnering Miguel Oliveira.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
2014	KTM	JER1	JER2	LMS	ARA	CAT1	CAT2	ALB	NAV	ALG	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret		NC	0
2015	KTM	ALG	LMS	CAT1 13	CAT2 15	ARA1	ARA2	ALB	NAV	JER1 9	JER2 10			14th	35
	Husqvarna											VAL1 6	VAL2 8
2016	Husqvarna	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 6	LMS 9	ARA 5	CAT1 19	CAT2 6	ALB 4	ALG 3	JER1 3	JER2 7	VAL1 2	VAL2 1	3rd	137
2017	Mahindra	ALB Ret	LMS DNS	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 Ret	VAL1 9	VAL2 12	EST Ret	JER1 23	JER1 Ret	ARA 24	VAL1 17	VAL2 17	28th	11
2018	KTM	EST 2	VAL1 4	VAL2 1	FRA 2	CAT1 8	CAT2 4	ARA 1	JER1 2	JER2 5	ALB 1	VAL1 3	VAL2 4	1st	209

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2015	JER1 16	JER2 16	ASS1 9	ASS2 7	SAC1 12	SAC2 4	BRN1 3	BRN2 7	SIL1 4	SIL2 DNS	MIS 2	ARA1 2	ARA2 6	7th	121
2016	JER1 3	JER2 13	ASS1 1	ASS2 1	SAC1 2	SAC2 4	RBR1 5	RBR2 7	BRN1 4	BRN2 2	MIS 5	ARA1 7	ARA2 2	3rd	195

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2016	Moto3	KTM	MH6 Team	1	0	0	0	0	5	32nd
2017	Moto3	Mahindra	Aspar Team	3	0	0	0	0	0	40th
2018	Moto3	KTM	Ángel Nieto Team Moto3	3	0	0	0	0	9	28th
			Red Bull KTM Ajo	1	0	0	0	0	7
2019	Moto3	KTM	Aspar Team	19	0	0	0	0	60	21st
2020	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	15	2	4	6	1	159	4th
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	18	8	12	7	7	307	2nd
2022	MotoGP	KTM	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	18	0	0	0	0	14	22nd
2023	MotoGP	Aprilia	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	19	0	0	0	0	51	20th
2024	MotoGP	Aprilia	Trackhouse Racing	19	0	0	0	0	66*	16th*
Total				116	10	16	13	8	678

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2016–2020	2016 Valencia	2020 Aragon	2020 Europe	42	2	4	6	1	240	0
Moto2	2021	2021 Qatar	2021 Doha	2021 Portugal	18	8	12	7	7	307	0
MotoGP	2022–present	2022 Qatar			58	0	0	0	0	131	0
Total	2016–present				116	10	16	13	8	678	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2016	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 11			32nd	5
2017	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA 25	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED Ret	GER 22	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			40th	0
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 10	NED	GER 9	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA 17	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 13		28th	16
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT 7	ARG 15	AME 7	SPA Ret	FRA 10	ITA 11	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 5	CZE 12	AUT Ret	GBR 18	RSM 10	ARA 21	THA 9	JPN 19	AUS Ret	MAL 14	VAL Ret		21st	60
2020	Moto3	KTM	QAT 10	SPA 6	ANC 6	CZE 6	AUT 9	STY 8	RSM Ret	EMI 6	CAT 13	FRA 7	ARA 3	TER 12	EUR 1	VAL 3	POR 1						4th	159
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 5	DOH 3	POR 1	SPA 5	FRA 1	ITA 2	CAT 2	GER Ret	NED 1	STY 7	AUT 1	GBR Ret	ARA 1	RSM 1	AME 1	EMI Ret	ALR 2	VAL 1			2nd	307
2022	MotoGP	KTM	QAT 18	INA 17	ARG 16	AME 19	POR DNS	SPA WD	FRA Ret	ITA 21	CAT 15	GER 12	NED Ret	GBR 21	AUT 18	RSM 13	ARA 20	JPN 18	THA 15	AUS 16	MAL 15	VAL 12	22nd	14
2023	MotoGP	Aprilia	POR Ret	ARG 14	AME Ret	SPA 15	FRA WD	ITA 17	GER 15	NED 12	GBR 10	AUT Ret	CAT Ret	RSM 8	IND 109	JPN 9	INA 13	AUS 16	THA 15	MAL Ret	QAT 17	VAL 5	20th	51
2024	MotoGP	Aprilia	QAT Ret	POR Ret	AME 109	SPA 11	FRA 119	CAT 6	ITA 12	NED 8	GER 10	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	ARA 16	RSM 19	EMI 13	INA 10	JPN 15	AUS 106	THA Ret	MAL 16	BAR	16th*	66*

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Raúl Fernández at MotoGP.com
• Raúl Fernández at AS.com (in Spanish)