Fernandez set for RNF Aprilia MotoGP move in 2023

The 2021 Moto2 championship runner-up stepped up to MotoGP in 2022 with Tech3 and KTM in a move he didn’t want to make in the first place.

Fernandez had been keen to join Yamaha’s satellite squad RNF – formally Petronas SRT – but was unable to when KTM held him to a contract despite there being a half-a-million-euro buyout clause.

In a difficult debut season on the…