MotoGP has all its names, the 2023 grid completed. The last name is a heavyweight Moto2 rider, the only future MotoGP rookie.
These days the MotoGP market it is now over. Indeed, better said today, since thelast announcement arrived exactly during free practice on Friday at Aragon. After months of waiting, chatting, speculationsthe official has arrived in bursts. Ducati has established who his eight drivers are, boys confirmed step by step also for KTM, Honda, Aprilia, Yamaha. Without missing several twists, between you change of jacket and goodbyes to the MotoGP category, such as that of Remy Gardner headed to Superbike. Now it was just missing GasGas (brand new, but with masked KTM bikes), the middle name is a surprise.
From Moto2 with fury
In fact, this is the only rookie we will find in MotoGP in the next world season. We are talking about none other than the current leader of the Moto2 category, who already has the prize in case he manages to win the world championship. An ambitious goal, but definitely within its reach given the huge growth achieved this year. Who is he? Here it is in the picture.
Let’s talk about Augusto Fernandez, Spaniard suddenly exploded after so many difficult years. The current top man of the KTM Ajo team literally stands shining in intermediate class, the click searched for so many years. He and Ai Ogura are the very clear candidates for the Moto2 crown (with Vietti now lost), but only one already has a signed contract for MotoGP. An even greater motivation, to arrive in the premier class as a champion would be the perfect dream for Fernandez.
Poncharal advises: “Don’t think about MotoGP”
A nice change awaits the team Tech3. 2022 with the rookies Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez, in which great expectations were placed, is definitely to forget. “I learned the lesson” commented the boss Herve Poncharal. With the rookies Zarco and Folger he had hit the mark, with the Australian and the Spaniard definitely not. That’s why his 2023 MotoGP team predicts only one rookieflanked by a pilot of experience. “Pol Espargaro is part of the KTM family” Poncharal underlined, speaking of the returning Spaniard, albeit with GasGas colors. Regarding his future rookie, “I have been observing Augusto Fernandez for some years now. We talked two years ago but he wasn’t ready for MotoGP, now yes. “ However, he sends advice to his next driver. “He doesn’t have to think about MotoGP, just focus on Moto2 title. We look forward to seeing him in the November tests in Valencia. “
