The♛ Tech3 KTM rider now looks to have one last chance, on Friday morning, to convinc🧔e doctors he is able to ride in what should be his first home premier-class Spanish Grand Prix.

“Theyꩲ said tomorrow I haveꩵ to do another [test] because the first one they said ‘no, you cannot race like that, still unfit’,” Fernandez said. “Tomorrow I will do another check and if they say that I am more-or-less good I will try.

“For normal life it’s not really bad, but it’s still painful when I want to do some exercises like push-ups or something,” he added of his hand, ♔which he injured while riding with🅠 slicks on the damp Portimao track.

“It’s a strange feelꦬing because I’ve never 𒉰[missed] one race and now maybe I will lose two.”

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First part of the season ‘a disaster’

Fernandez, runner-up to team-m𒈔ate Remy Gardner in last year’s Moto2 World Championship, is among three rookies yet🌠 to score points in the premier-class.

“In general I have a good feeling, honestly, but the beginning of the season was really strange for all the riders,” he said. “Argentina with theඣ first day removed. In America,♊ I felt really bad with the stomach. Indonesia with the wet conditions was crazy. And now the crazy and stupid crash from Portugal.

✃“When you have a very crazy track or very difficult track, to do one mistake is easy.꧙ It was a stupid mistake because I don’t push and I [still] crash. But I’m a rookie and I had never tried the Michelins in mixed [wet/dry] conditions."

Adding that “it’s all part of the learning process” and that he was mentally⭕ prepared for tough times at the start of his MotoGP career, Fernandez admitted: “It’s been really difficult… The first part of the season is really a disaster honestly. But anyway, it’s just the first part of the season.”

Should Fernandez be un🌳able to participate this weekend he must pin his hopes on a return for the Monday test, a rare chance for track time away from the pressure-cooker atmosphere of a MotoGP event.

“In the test, you have time to prepare something differe🐭nt, something on the bike to improve,” he said. “Bu🦄t now we need to see what happens if we can do the test or not.

“In the race weekend, you don’t have t🦋ime to prepare or try something different on the bike. It’🍃s too short. [Also] for this reason it’s harder to close the gap.”

Team-mate Gardner starts the Spanish weekend with three points, putting ♍him second in the early rookie standings behind Darryn Binder (RNF Yamaha), who claimed tenth place in the wet Mandalika race.