The speed, scenery and spiral of the Red Bull Ring was another educational experience for Red Bull GASGAS Tech3’s star rookie Pedro Acosta. The 19-year-old throttled to 13th position at the eleventh Grand Prix of the MotoGP season in the depths of Austria. Teammate Augusto Fernandez classified 15th, meaning a double dose of points for the team.
Friday and Saturday’s sunshine and heat cooled slightly on race day for the Austrian Grand Prix. Fans still packed the grassy hills and enclosures of the Red Bull Ring. Pedro Acosta and Augusto Fernandez brought their GASGAS RC16s into 14th and 16th places on the grid for the 28-laps on Sunday. Augusto persevered to be the final scorer across the line.
The blend of corners and cambers that form the technical twist of MotorLand Aragon will bring round twelve to life in two weeks.
Augusto Fernandez, 15th:
“A tough one. You have to manage the rear tire very well here and it almost becomes like a ‘survival’ race. In the end I’m happy with the point. We had been struggling all weekend and we were still quite far but I’m happy with the pace we made at least. I think we did our maximum possible today. Let’s move on and build some confidence for the rest of the season.”
