The Trackhouse MotoGP team has firmed up one side of i💧ts garage for 2025 but much speculation remains about who will partner 🌠Raul Fernandez.

The Aprilia satellite squad, who made its debut in 2024🧸 after taking over from the defunct RNF squad, announced recently that it had renewed Fernandez through to the 💖end of 2026.

For much of the year, it haཧs been heavily rumoured that the American-owned outfit could promote Joe Roberts from 🌠Moto2 for the 2025 season.

Indeed, during the Dutch Grand Prix w☂eekend, TNT Sport filmed a feature with Trackhouse team principal Davide Brivio (broadcast during the British GP) that s🌳howed discussions with Roberts.

“If you finish first in the championship becomes ‘X’, if you finish second it ♒becomes ‘X’. So, how do you feel thinking about MotoGP? Do you feel yourself as ready,” Brivio asked the Californian.

“I feel ready, I feel confident to💟 ride any bike righꦗt now,” replied Roberts.

Howeဣver, on the run up to last weekend’s British GP, reports emerged that R𓃲oberts’ fellow Moto2 title rival Ai Ogura is set to race for Trackhouse next year. Outgoing KTM rider Jack Miller had also been linked.

John Hopkins, who acts as rider coach at the American Racing Moto2 squad, refused to comment on talks that Roberts’ Trackhouse hop💮es now look ✱remote.

However, he did note that⛄ Roberts’ chances of getting to Mot🍒oGP “aren’t diminished”.

“Honestly, I prefer not to comment on that now,” Hopkins told motogp.com during the ꦑBritish GP.

“Like I said, we’re just focused on tr✱ying to win this championship right now.

“Joe’s hopes of going to GP definitely ar🥂en’t diminished. We’re just focused on winning as many as we can and get the champions♏hip for the team.

“Joe, he always rides with a chip on his shoulder and always has that added motivation for multiple re🍰as🃏ons.

“But he’s just going out and doing what he♒ knows how to do. It’s just added motivation, but he’s just staying focused.”

MotoGP hasn’t had a full-time American on the grid since 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden’s 💟last season in 2015 with the Aspar squad.

The last appearance for a US-born racer in the premier class was World Superbike rider Garrett Gerloff at the 2021 Dutch GP, when he stood in for the injured Fr🌠anco Morbidelli at Petronas SRT Yamaha.

After 10 rounds in 2024, Robඣerts sit♎s third in the standings after three podiums and one win, 37 points down on Sergio Garcia.

Roᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚberts missed the Dutch GP due to injury and crashed out of the British GP last weekend.