Rookie Augusto Fernandez will be heading to Spielberg with another great weekend in the pocket, after he reached his best grid position in MotoGP™ in Silverstone, qualifying in P5 on the grid. Shortly after that, he scored his first Sprint points, seeing the checkered flag in eighth, before finishing at the doors of the top 10 in P11 on Sunday. Once again and for the ninth weekend in a row, he scored points meaning that he moved up to the thirteenth place in the riders championship, with a total of forty-nine points, a big achievement for the rookie whose progression in the MotoGP™ class has impressed everyone. Last season in Moto2™, the Spaniard qualified on the front row and claimed P5, so the Red Bull Ring is for sure a track which should suit him once he has found his marks with the RC16.

Having finally returned to racing for the team’s biggest pleasure after a long recovery period, Pol Espargaro will be returning to the Red Bull Ring, a special track in his heart, home to the Pierer Mobility Group with whom he has spent many seasons in the past, before being reunited in 2023 within the GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 team. The beloved number 44 completed his first full race weekend of the season, and scored his first points of the season on Sunday’s race of the British Grand Prix, with a P12-finish, a well deserved reward at the end of a physically painful race. With the experience of one full weekend and a week at home to recover and prepare for this round, the Spaniard will approach the Austrian GP differently. He will continue to evaluate his physical conditions, on the lookout to find again the feelings on the bike, as the long journey back to full fitness continues. Eitherway, Espargaro will without a doubt give his all on his manufacturer’s home turf.

Here is the full schedule of what is set to be a busy and exciting round for the GASGAS Tech3 riders. The action will start on Friday with Free Practice 1 at 10:45 local time (GMT+2), followed in the afternoon by the - now usual - one hour long Practice, starting at 15:00 LT. On Saturday morning, there will be the FP2 starting at 10:10 to get ready for the qualifying sessions, starting at 10:50 at the Red Bull Ring. Austria will host its first ever Tissot Sprint on Saturday, at 15:00. Finally, after a ten-minute warm up on Sunday morning and a rider fan parade to say hello to Austrian fans, Augusto Fernandez and Pol Espargaro will line up on the grid with the red GASGAS RC16 for the main race, scheduled at 14:00 local time, for twenty-eight laps.