From Madrid, Raul Fernandez began racing when he was 11 and went from the Cuna de Campeones to PreMoto3, then moved into the FIM CEV Repsol and raced in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. By 2016 he was third overall in the Rookies with two wins and six podiums, took a win in the Moto3™ Junior World Championship and made his Grand Prix debut with a P11 finish. 2017 was a more difficult year in the FIM CEV Repsol despite Fernandez taking pole position in Portugal, but in 2018 the Spaniard bounced back in style to accrue three wins and six podiums on the way to winning the FIM CEV Repsol Moto3™ Junior World Championship. He also made four more Grand Prix appearances as a mixture of wildcards and replacement rides; Catalunya, Germany, Aragon and Valencia saw him take two top tens and score points in three of the four Grands Prix he contested. Now Fernandez moves into the Moto3™ World Championship full time in the same Angel Nieto Team structure with whom he won the CEV title.