Mugello MotoGP Rookie Augusto Fernandez Aims for Redemption in Italian Grand Prix After Saturday Crash

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Augusto Fernandez arrived at Mugello crowned with his superb performance in the French Grand Prix marked by a fourth place finish, but in Italy he has not yet experienced the same upturn. His Saturday in Tuscany was marked by a violent fall which destroyed his GASGAS and logically damaged his confidence. Only 21st on the starting grid, he only made up one place at the finish of the Sprint. However, the Tech3 driver says mass on Sunday since he has not missed a point since the start of the season at each finish of the long race. A constancy that he intends to continue.

Augusto Fernandez is the only solid rookie on the MotoGP field this year, and he will be keen to demonstrate all his confidence and talent this Sunday at Italian Grand Prix by showing that he can forget a Saturday in hell at Mugello. The event that conditioned his performance was this accident during the FP who destroyed his first motorcycle, a few minutes from the start of qualifying.

It is therefore logically disturbed that he embarked on a Q1 where he did not work miracles by bringing back the 21st performance. The hellish pace of the new format threw him a few hours later into the fray of the Sprint where he came out 20th. This Sunday, he will be keen to get back on track which leads to the points, which he has always scored since the start of this campaign.

Augusto Fernandez: « I lost some of my confidence after my motorcycle was destroyed »

Commenting on his course on the second day at Mugello, the Spaniard did not hide that he had been in a tough situation: ” tough day at work for us he begins. ” We are working in the right direction, I am improving with each outingbut after my crash in free practice this morning I lost a bit of my confidence after my bike was destroyed ».

Referring to the Sprint race, he adds: “ then it started to rain a bit in the sprint and it turned into a disaster for me. I would have liked to be more competitive, so I want to apologize to my team for this Saturday. Sunday is a new day so we will focus on the next race. I want to fight for the points and we will do everything we can to achieve that. he concludes.

Results of the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix Sprint at Mugello:

Ranking credit: MotoGP.com