The last day of pre-season screening ahead of the 2022 project start on 6 March in Qatar is presently continuous at Indonesia’s brand-new Mandalika International Street Circuit.
The session started at 9am regional time (1am GMT) and will go to 5pm regional time (9am GMT), with Honda’s Pol Espargaro presently fastest with a 1m31060 s since 2: 30 pm regional time.
Having finished simply 7 laps on Sunday, Tech 3 KTM novice Fernandez was required to take out of the last day of screening due to vision issues.
The 2021 Moto2 champion runner-up had a 200 km/h crash on Saturday at Turn 12– which he referred to as his very first “genuine” fall in MotoGP– and suffered a concussion.
Fernandez began to have double vision at first after the crash however that quickly diminished, while he was entrusted bruising on his head.
The Spaniard was cleared to continue riding by MotoGP’s Clinica Mobile, however he crashed on his seventh lap after braking behind regular at Turn 8 due to him experiencing “no speed understanding”.
After this, he was recommended by medical professionals to stop riding.
” It’s extremely weird, however I have no speed understanding,” Fernandez informed Motorsport.com.
” I do not see well. I visited the physicians and they informed me to stop, that it wasn’t safe to keep riding.
” The medical professional put his finger in front of my face and was moving it from side to side. I might see the finger, however not the back.
” I slept well, however when I place on my helmet [this morning] I felt a great deal of pressure in my head. It’s unworthy going on like this.”
Raul Fernandez, KTM Tech3
Photo by: Oriol Puigdemont
Despite missing out on the last day of running, Fernandez states he ends his very first MotoGP pre-season pleased and “prepared” to race.
” We had a great winter season,” he included.
” In Sepang we did more than 250 laps in between the shakedown and the 3 days of screening.
” I feel excellent with the bike and the group.
” Here [at Mandalika] we could not do a single quick lap, however I compare myself with the factory bikes and I’m with them. I’m all set.”
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