Trackhouse MotoGP boss Davide Brivio joked that it was “feeling stress” from the American squad’s success in NASCAR after attaining a debut win on the Australian Grand Prix.
Raul Fernandez led nearly all of the race at Phillip Island from fourth on the grid, taking Trackhouse’s satellite tv for pc Aprilia RS-GP to victory lane by 1.4s.
It marked the primary victory in MotoGP for the North Carolina-based squad, which entered the championship simply final yr after taking on the operations of the erstwhile RNF Racing group.
Reflecting on the achievement, Brivio mentioned the end result underscored Trackhouse’s rising ambition to repeatedly compete towards the sequence’ main manufacturing facility groups.
“We did not actually begin from scratch, to be sincere, as a result of that was the RNF group, in fact [that we inherited]. With Trackhouse, the brand new administration and an American firm, we attempt to put our imaginative and prescient into the undertaking,” he informed MotoGP.com.
“We have now nice assist from Trackhouse, from [team owner] Justin [Marks].
“The thought is to attempt to problem, to start with, the opposite unbiased group [and then] problem the manufacturing facility group. These outcomes additionally give us extra motivation to [achieve] this goal, to [reach] this ambition.”
Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Racing
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Trackhouse has already received six races within the Cup Collection this yr, with Ross Chastain within the Coca-Cola 600, and former Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen proving virtually unbeatable on highway programs on his step as much as NASCAR’s prime division.
Brivio joked that Trackhouse’s MotoGP squad was going through stress to emulate the success of its NASCAR arm.
“I am additionally completely satisfied we received, as a result of we received (six) races within the NASCAR championship, we wanted to do one thing additionally within the MotoGP,” he mentioned in a light-hearted method. “We felt the stress, and right here we’re, we have performed [it], so I am very completely satisfied.”
Aprilia Racing boss Massimo Rivola expressed his delight at Trackhouse’s maiden MotoGP victory, saying he had anticipated such a second ever because the Noale-based model expanded to 4 bikes in 2023.
“I mentioned from the start, the primary yr with Razlan [Razali’s RNF team], I am trying ahead to the day the place our satellite tv for pc group will beat us – and at this time is the day,” he informed the media at Phillip Island.
“All of them have the bike, the complete official bikes. With Davide, we all know one another since rather a lot [of time].
“We work fairly intently and discuss riders specifically, and clearly discuss folks.
“So it is a type of double satisfaction for me to see Raul profitable and clearly seeing that Aprilia was fairly quick.”
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