Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 leaves Phillip Island with a bittersweet feeling, as Pedro Acosta was declared unfit to race on Sunday morning after a medical check. His sprint crash from yesterday caused him a left shoulder trauma, and the pain was still too intense on Sunday morning. The young rookie will use the few days until Thailand to rest his body as much as he can. Augusto Fernandez was the sole representative of GASGAS Tech3 on the grid, and he finished 17th of the Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Fully motivated after his 9th place in the Tissot Sprint on Saturday, Augusto Fernandez headed back to the grid for 27 laps this time, and the sun finally joined the party setting the riders with great conditions ahead of the final showdown of the weekend. Lights out at 14:00 local time (GMT+11)! Fernandez held his grid position after one lap before moving up to 16th the next lap behind Jack Miller, with Aleix Espargaro behind. Jack Miller went further at the front, leaving Fernandez behind Marini. He found the space to move past the HRC rider on lap 7, with Espargaro following him. P14 after seven laps, with Alex Rins 0.7 seconds ahead. The Aprilia rider then took the best of Augusto’s slipstream, and then he was in P15. A few laps better, he was overtaken by both Luca Marini and Alex Marquez, and he found himself back in P17, behind Espargaro who had too lost a bit of ground. He remained close to the #41 for many laps and eventually moved past him on lap 24, in P16. The top 15 appeared tough with Marquez one second away, but unfortunately Fernandez was overtaken on the last straight by Espargaro, and he will have to settle with 17th.

That’s it for Phillip Island for this year, the team will now head to Buriram for the Grand Prix of Thailand!