Yamaha Factory Racing

Augusto Fernández Begins Final 2025 Wild-Card Weekend on Valencia GP Friday

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team continued their V4-powered prototype testing programme at the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community today. Wild-card entry Augusto Fernández resumed his mission of gathering useful data to boost bike development. He finished the Friday Practice session in 20th place.

Cheste (Spain), 14 November 2025

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team started their V4-powered prototype testing plan for the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community weekend. Augusto Fernández's goal is again to gather data to aid bike development. He wrapped up today's Practice in 20th place, putting him on the entry list for tomorrow's Q1.

Fernández was satisfied with the FP1 proceedings, which he finished in 10th place with an encouraging 1'31.035s. The Spanish rider was keen to keep the positive trend going in the 1-hour Practice session in the afternoon, but an early crash lost him a bit of time. The Yamaha Factory Racing Team still managed to make steps in accordance with today's V4-powered prototype testing plan as Fernández completed 25 laps in total. A 1'30.267s, set on lap 19, had him finish in 20th place in the Practice results, 1.027s from first.

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will continue their testing programme during the Saturday MotoGP sessions: FP2 will be held from 10:10-10:40 local track time (GMT+1), followed by the qualifying sessions from 10:50-11:30, and the 13-lap Sprint, which starts at 15:00.

AUGUSTO FERNÁNDEZ
Yamaha Factory Racing Test Rider

"Today was good, there weren't any negatives. I noticed a slight improvement. I had a small crash in the Practice, but overall we worked well today. FP1 was okay, and I was riding on the pace from the start, so I could feel everything better than in Sepang. We are noticing consistency in our findings, which is positive as well. Valencia and Sepang are quite different, but the feelings are similar, which is good. Tomorrow, we want to see if we can make a step, especially with the front of the bike, and we'll try to find a good base."