Honda Signs Gajser, Fernandez For MXGP
H
onda Racing Corporation
(HRC) announced that it
has renewed its contract with
25-year-old Tim Gajser and
newly signed 23-year-old Ru-
ben Fernandez. Both riders
are signed on for multiple years
starting in 2023.
Gajser is back after securing
his fourth MXGP title this year,
and Fernandez is joining the
HRC squad for the first time.
Ruben Fernandez was third
overall in the European Moto-
cross Championship EMX250
class this year. Although he
moved to MX2 in 2018, he
moved back to EMX250 (Euro-
pean Championship) the follow-
ing year. After moving full-time to
MX2 in 2020, he finished ninth
that year. In 2021, Fernández
joined the MX2 team Honda 114
Motorsports, but from round 17
moved to the premier MXGP
class for the team. This year,
Fernández continued his full-
time career in the MXGP class
as still a member of the Honda
114 Motorsports Team, ending
up eighth in the championship,
with two third-place finishes. The
Spaniard will now get the full fac-
tory teammate as a member of
the HRC squad.
"It's a dream come true to
be riding for Team HRC in the
MXGP class," Fernandez said.
"The team is the best in the
paddock and having ridden the
Honda for the past couple of
years, I am very familiar with the
bike, but now I'm very excited to
get to ride the full factory ma-
chine next year. I am also excited
to work alongside Tim, as I know
I can learn a lot from a rider who
is five-times champion of the
world. I can't wait to show every-
one what I am capable of."
"It was an easy decision to
continue this amazing relation-
ship with Team HRC," Gajser
said. "It is like a second-family to
me and there is no other place
where I feel it is such a nice
environment. I always say, 'happy
rider, fast rider,' and working with
everyone in Team HRC, from all
the technicians in Japan, to my
practice mechanic, to my physio,
it is all so enjoyable, and I always
look forward to going racing."
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Tim Gajser (left)
and Ruben Fernandez
will make up the
Honda HRC factory
race team next year
in MXGP.
