Augusto Fernández also fell at a hot and sunny Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya while surging to the top ten but could not rejoin what was round six of the 2024 campaign.
AF37 suffers a DNF while pushing for track space on the fringe of the top ten.
In the chase for maximum bounty mid-pack, Augusto Fernández was looking sharp around the outskirts of the top ten but then lost the bike into Turn 10 with 18 laps to go and was out of the running.
MotoGP will now turn up the pace even further with the trip to the Autodromo de Mugello and the captivating climes of the Tuscan speedbowl track. The Gran Premio d’Italia will take place next weekend.
Augusto Fernández:
“A shame to crash because I had a great start and I had the pace to make a real top ten result today. This was a big step for us and we have to take these small gains to keep the faith. We know we can do much better than where we are so the progress we are making is important. The crash was my fault but I don’t really understand why because I was managing the tire and was comfortable with the pace. We’ll try again in Mugello.”
