Augusto Fernández Guerra (born 23 September 1997) is a Spanish
motorcycle racer
The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and ...
who serves as a test rider for
Yamaha Motor Racing
Yamaha MotoGP Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP, currently competing as Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team.
History
The team was founded in 1999 following the retirement of Wayne Ra ...
. He won the
Moto2 Riders' World Championship in . He is not related to fellow MotoGP rider
Raúl Fernández, nor to Raul's younger brother, Moto3 rider
Adrián Fernández
Adrián Fernández Mier (born April 20, 1963) is a Mexican former professional race car driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.
Racing career
Early career
Fernández was born in Mexico City and began his career in Mexico at the age ...
.
Career
Moto2 World Championship
Speed Up Racing (2017)
He made his Grand Prix debut at the
2017 Italian Grand Prix replacing
Axel Bassani in the
Speed Up
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team. He remained with the team until the end of the season, scoring six points in total.
Pons Racing (2018–2019)
He started the 2018 season in the
Moto2 European Championship but was called up to Grand Prix competition when
Héctor Barberá
Héctor Barberá Vall (born 2 November 1986) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competes in MotoAmerica aboard a BMW S1000RR.
Career
Born in Dos Aguas, Valencia Province, Barberá began his World Championship career at the ag ...
was fired from
Pons Racing due to driving under influence. He replaced Barberá well, scoring points in his first four races, and improving over the season, ending his campaign with a 6th place in Motegi, a 4th place in Australia, and an 8th place in Valencia. Fernández finished the season 18th in the standings with 45 points, 35 points more than Barberá.
He started the
2019 Moto2 World Championship with a 5th place in Qatar, before a double wrist fracture, suffered in a heavy crash in Argentina's Saturday practice session, caused him to miss the next two races. He would return from his injury with his maiden podium in Moto2 at Jerez, and repeat it with another third place, the very next weekend in Le Mans. A 5th place in Mugello was followed by his first Pole Position in the category in Barcelona, and though he only finished the race in 4th, two weeks later in Assen, Fernández would clinch his first victory in the Moto2 category, following
Álex Márquez
Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a Grand Prix motorcycle rider from Spain racing for Ducati satellite team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP. He has competed in MotoGP since the 2020 season, having previously become World Champion in th ...
and
Lorenzo Baldassarri
Lorenzo Baldassarri (born 6 November 1996) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racerwho is set to compete in the 2025 MotoE World Championship with Dynavolt Intact GP. Baldassarri recently raced in the Supersport World Championship, finishing r ...
crashing out of the lead together. He would win two more races in Britain and Misano, ending the season 5th in the championship standings, with 207 points.
Marc VDS Racing Team (2020–2021)
For the
2020 season, Fernández was given the seat of the outgoing
Álex Márquez
Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a Grand Prix motorcycle rider from Spain racing for Ducati satellite team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP. He has competed in MotoGP since the 2020 season, having previously become World Champion in th ...
at
Marc VDS Racing, partnering
Sam Lowes. It would be a bit of a down year for him, failing to stand on the podium during the season, his highest finish being a 4th place in France. He ended the season 13th in the standings, with 71 points.
The
2021 Moto2 World Championship would see Fernández bounce back, despite starting the year poorly, including four retirements in the first eight races of the season. He finished 3rd in Assen, Spielberg, Austria, and Aragón, 2nd in Rimini, and then 3rd again in the season closer in Valencia, making it six podiums in the last ten races for Fernández. He finished 5th in the standings with 174 points.
Red Bull KTM Ajo (2022)
He was signed by
Red Bull KTM Ajo
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for the
2022 season. In 2022, Fernandez won four races, on his way to winning the 2022 Moto2 World Championship, beating
Ai Ogura
is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes in MotoGP for Trackhouse MotoGP Team. He was recently crowned 2024 Moto2 World Champion with MT Helmets – MSi, being the first Japanese rider to win a world championship in fifteen yea ...
to the title.
MotoGP World Championship
Red Bull GasGas Tech3 (2023–2024)
Fernández graduated to the
MotoGP class
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during the
2023 season, riding for
GasGas Factory Racing Tech3, alongside
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (; born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 rode in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development ...
. At the
French Grand Prix
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, Fernández recorded his best finish of the season, taking 4th after qualifying 12th, his highest grid position in the premier class.
For 2024 season, Fernández was partnered with
Pedro Acosta with the renamed
Red Bull GasGas Tech3. He managed to score a total of 27 points and finished 20th in the championship standings.
Yamaha Test Rider (2025 onwards)
After not being retained by KTM for 2025, Fernández announced in an interview with MotoGP.com that he will be a
Yamaha test rider. Interestingly, he announced this before an official announcement was made by Yamaha.
On December 17, 2024, Yamaha Racing officially announced Augusto Fernández as an official MotoGP test rider, with up to six
wild-card rides. At the 2025
Americas Grand Prix,
Qatar Grand Prix, and
Spanish Grand Prix, Fernández replaced the injured
Miguel Oliveira
Miguel Ângelo Falcão de Oliveira (; born 4 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP, getting the step up from KTM Tech3,[Pramac Racing
Pramac Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship based in Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.
History
d'Antin MotoGP
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, with a 13th-place finish in the USA.
Career statistics
Career highlights
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2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
- 2nd, European Junior Cup,
Honda CBR500R
FIM European Junior Cup
Races by year
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
FIM European Superstock 600
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
Races by year
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
(Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
Season still in progress.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Augusto
1997 births
Living people
Spanish motorcycle racers
Moto2 World Championship riders
Motorcycle racers from Madrid
Moto2 World Riders' Champions
MotoGP World Championship riders
Tech3 MotoGP riders
Pramac Racing MotoGP riders
Yamaha Motor Racing MotoGP riders