{"id":706862,"date":"2026-05-31T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706862\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:47:10","slug":"raul-fernandez-devastated-by-lost-mugello-motogp-amazing-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706862\/","title":{"rendered":"Raul Fernandez devastated by lost Mugello MotoGP \u201camazing opportunity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Raul Fernandez says he is \u201csorry\u201d to the Trackhouse MotoGP team and to Aprilia after going wide at the first corner at Mugello and losing what he felt was a chance to finish on the podium.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Aprilia dominated the race in Italy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995158\/marco-bezzecchi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973236\/jorge-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge Martin<\/a> finished 1-2 for the factory team, and Fernandez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/trackhouse-motogp-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trackhouse<\/a> team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1043649\/ai-ogura\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ai Ogura<\/a> was nearly third, just losing out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911999\/francesco-bagnaia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francesco Bagnaia<\/a> on the final run to the line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fernandez had started on the front row with Bezzecchi and Martin, but ran wide at the first corner and dropped almost to the back, effectively ending his chances of a good result on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1319188_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP Sprint.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP Sprint.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Spanish rider was close to Bezzecchi entering turn one on the first lap, but he insisted afterwards that he ran wide not for Bezzecchi\u2019s fault, but for an issue shifting into second gear to take\u00a0San Donato.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFirst of all, I have to say sorry to the team,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995154\/raul-fernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raul Fernandez<\/a> said after the Mugello race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was something quite strange because from yesterday I had the point to brake, I had the reference clearly: it was the first white line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut today for some reason when I brake and I remove all the gears to arrive to the second one [shifted to second], for some reason it doesn\u2019t enter the second one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, from that moment I had to take more the front brake, and when I take more the front brake\u2013 it was not a mistake from Marco [Bezzecchi] because Marco made the best that he can, but he changed the line and he was sliding a little bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1320407_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Raul Fernandez, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn that moment, I take the slipstream and I have to use even more the brake; I start to make some slide, and I couldn\u2019t stop the bike and I was wide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was strange because the gearbox was working well, but for some reason the second one doesn\u2019t enter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnyway, right now I feel super-bad for the team, I feel super-bad for Aprilia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think today we had an amazing opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If Fernandez thinks the issue that forced him wide was that the bike didn\u2019t shift gears, why does he feel the need to apologise?<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1320484_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Raul Fernandez, Fermin Aldeguer, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez, Fermin Aldeguer, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMaybe I don\u2019t make all the movement,\u201d he explained, referring to the movement of his left foot to change gear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe need to analyse. What I know is that in the moment I started to brake, I removed three gears, but the last one, for some reason, I was [wondering if] it was in second, was in third, and in that moment I was wide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Whatever the cause of the error, Fernandez rued what he suggested could\u2019ve been a chance to win, but at least a shot at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> podium.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOkay, in Australia I won, but today I think was the first time that I feel very strong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlso, this morning with the used tyre I was making 1m46.0s, 1m46.1s in the Warm Up \u2013 I feel much better than yesterday, again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlso I have to say that I was no nervous, when I arrived to the first braking I was clear [about] what I have to do. I cannot explain well what I feel now; I feel bad, very bad, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raul Fernandez says he is \u201csorry\u201d to the Trackhouse MotoGP team and to Aprilia after going wide at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,13147,85,113427],"class_list":["post-706862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-raul-fernandez","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-motogp-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}