It is with a free mind about his 2024 future that Augusto Fernandez presents himself at the gates of the Mandalika track to compete in the Indonesian Grand Prix. Despite this weight of being the one who was going to jump within the Pierer Mobility group, to make way for Pedro Acosta, the rookie of this MotoGP season showed talent and regularity in the points. With this serenity finally validated, the still reigning Moto2 World Champion approaches the last races of the year with even more eagerness.
After two intense weeks in India and Japan, the rookie Augusto Fernandez is no doubt eager to return to action, encouraged by his P7 during the Japanese Grand Prix in crazy track conditions. It was the second best result of his first season in MotoGP during a Sunday, after his fourth place in the Grand Prix of France. A result that he will seek to repeat more often, starting this weekend! However, qualifications will be essential, as usual, and the teammate Pol Espargaro will have a tough task on Friday and Saturday morning, to aim for better starting positions for the races.
« Augusto Fernandez will continue to focus on qualifying«
« The results in Japan were super positive for us, so I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike in Mandalika, and continuing to work, improve and try to close the gap to the best » announces Augusto. “ Last season in Moto2 wasn't that bad for us, so let's see what we can do this weekend. Either way, we have a busy three weeks ahead, and I'm super excited to start with the Indonesian Grand Prix! »
His Tech3 team manager Nicolas Goyon added : " Augusto Fernandez had another solid top 10 result in Motegi, so he will aim to maintain the momentum and achieve another good result this weekend. We saw some improvements from the last races in qualifying, which is one of our goals, and he will continue to focus on that ". And the Frenchman adds by way of conclusion: “ qualifying will be even more important in Mandalika due to weather uncertainty ».
