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Fernandez Returns on Wildcard for Silverstone MotoGP

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Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez will contest the Silverstone MotoGP round on a Monster Energy Yamaha wildcard entry, his third of the season after Jerez, Barcelona and Assen, where he has scored 5 points. It's one of his final chances before wildcard entries are discontinued from 2027, and the 2022 Moto2 champion already has two Moto2 wins at the circuit.

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Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

Three wildcards down — Jerez, Barcelona, Assen — and 5 points banked, word in the pits is that Fernandez is in genuinely good shape right now. Silverstone is a high-speed layout where that throttle feel in your fingers really matters. And knowing wildcards themselves disappear from 2027 makes this one outing look a lot heavier.