Augusto Fernández (motorcyclist)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Guerra.

Augusto Fernández Guerra (born 23 September 1997) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who serves as a test rider for Yamaha Motor Racing. He won the Moto2 Riders' World Championship in 2022. He is not related to fellow MotoGP rider Raúl Fernández, nor to Raul's younger brother, Moto3 rider Adrián Fernández.

Augusto Fernández
Fernández in 2018
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27) Madrid, Spain
Current team	Yamaha Test Rider (Test rider)
Bike number	7
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2023–2025 Manufacturers KTM (2023–2024) Yamaha (2025) Championships 0 2024 championship position 20th (27 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 44 0 0 0 0 104 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2022 Manufacturers Speed Up (2017) Kalex (2018–2022) Championships 1 (2022) 2022 championship position 1st (271.5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 94 7 20 3 11 774.5

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 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 was fired from Pons Racing due to driving under influence.^[1][2] 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.^[3] 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,^[4] 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 and Lorenzo Baldassarri crashing out of the lead together.^[5] 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 at Marc VDS Racing, partnering Sam Lowes.^[6] 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 for the 2022 season.^[7] In 2022, Fernandez won four races, on his way to winning the 2022 Moto2 World Championship, beating Ai Ogura to the title.^[8]

MotoGP World Championship

Red Bull GasGas Tech3 (2023–2024)

Fernández graduated to the MotoGP class during the 2023 season, riding for GasGas Factory Racing Tech3, alongside Pol Espargaró.^[9] At the French Grand Prix, 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.^[10]

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.^[11] Interestingly, he announced this before an official announcement was made by Yamaha.^[12]

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 at Pramac Racing, with a 13th-place finish in the USA.

Career statistics

Career highlights

• 2013 - 2nd, European Junior Cup, Honda CBR500R

FIM European Junior Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts
2014	Honda	ARA 4	ASS 1	IMO 1	DON 3	MIS 1	POR 1	JER 6	MAG 3	1st	155

FIM European Superstock 600

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts
2015	Honda	SPA 8	SPA 6	NED 27	IMO 10	POR 5	ITA Ret	SPA 2	FRA 1	4th	80

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2016	Tech 3	VAL1	VAL2	ARA1 4	ARA2 4	CAT1 4	CAT2 7	ALB Ret	ALG1 4	ALG2 4	JER 4	VAL 5	5th	98
2017	Suter	ALB 3	CAT1	CAT2	VAL1	VAL2	EST1	EST2	JER	ARA1	ARA2	VAL	20th	16
2018	Kalex	EST1 2	EST2 2	VAL 3	CAT1 2	CAT2 1	ARA1	ARA2	JER	ALB1	ALB2	VAL	4th	101

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2017	Moto2	Speed Up	Speed Up Racing	13	0	0	0	0	6	31st	–
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Pons HP40	12	0	0	0	1	45	18th	–
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Flexbox HP40	17	3	5	1	3	207	5th	–
2020	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	14	0	0	0	1	71	13th	–
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	18	0	6	0	1	174	5th	–
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	20	4	9	2	5	271.5	1st	1
2023	MotoGP	KTM	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	20	0	0	0	0	71	17th	–
2024	MotoGP	KTM	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	20	0	0	0	0	27	20th	–
2025	MotoGP	Yamaha	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	3	0	0	0	0	6*	23rd*	–
			Yamaha Factory Racing	1	0	0	0	0
Total				138	7	20	3	11	878.5		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2017–2022	2017 Italy	2019 Spain	2019 Netherlands	94	7	20	3	11	774.5	1
MotoGP	2023–present	2023 Portugal			44	0	0	0	0	104	0
Total	2017–present				138	7	20	3	11	878.5	1

Races by year

(Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Pts
2017	Moto2	Speed Up	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA 25	CAT 21	NED 19	GER DSQ	CZE 27	AUT 16	GBR 26	RSM Ret	ARA 22	JPN 16	AUS 17	MAL 12	VAL 14					31st	6
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 14	NED 12	GER 15	CZE 12	AUT Ret	GBR C	RSM Ret	ARA 13	THA Ret	JPN 6	AUS 4	MAL Ret	VAL 8				18th	45
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 5	ARG DNS	AME	SPA 3	FRA 3	ITA 5	CAT 4	NED 1	GER 6	CZE 8	AUT 5	GBR 1	RSM 1	ARA 22	THA 4	JPN 8	AUS 19	MAL 11	VAL 6				5th	207
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	SPA 13	ANC 13	CZE 5	AUT 8	STY Ret	RSM 5	EMI 18	CAT Ret	FRA 4	ARA 11	TER 8	EUR DNS	VAL 15	POR 8								13th	71
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 14	DOH 6	POR 5	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 5	GER Ret	NED 3	STY 3	AUT 3	GBR 6	ARA 3	RSM 6	AME 4	EMI 2	ALR 9	VAL 3					5th	174
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 4	INA 5	ARG Ret	AME 9	POR Ret	SPA 4	FRA 1	ITA 5	CAT 3	GER 1	NED 1	GBR 1	AUT 5	RSM 3	ARA 3	JPN 2	THA 7‡	AUS Ret	MAL 4	VAL 2			1st	271.5
2023	MotoGP	KTM	POR 13	ARG 11	AME 10	SPA 13	FRA 4	ITA 15	GER 11	NED 10	GBR 118	AUT 14	CAT 9	RSM 16	IND Ret	JPN 7	INA Ret	AUS Ret	THA 17	MAL 14	QAT 159	VAL Ret			17th	71
2024	MotoGP	KTM	QAT 17	POR 11	AME 14	SPA Ret7	FRA 13	CAT Ret	ITA Ret	NED 14	GER 16	GBR 16	AUT 15	ARA 12	RSM Ret	EMI 18	INA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 179	THA Ret	MAL 10	SLD 19			20th	27
2025	MotoGP	Yamaha	THA	ARG	AME 13	QAT Ret	SPA 16	FRA	GBR	ARA 13	ITA	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	HUN	CAT	RSM	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL	23rd*	6*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.