| Augusto Fernández | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Fernández at the2025 Malaysian Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (age 28) Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Yamaha Test Rider (Test rider) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Augusto Fernández Guerra (born 23 September 1997) is a Spanishmotorcycle racer who serves as a test rider forYamaha Motor Racing. He won theMoto2 Riders' World Championship in2022. He is not related to fellow MotoGP riderRaúl Fernández, nor to Raul's younger brother, Moto3 riderAdrián Fernández.
Fernández made his Grand Prix debut at the2017 Italian Grand Prix replacingAxel Bassani in theSpeed Up team. He remained with the team until the end of the season, scoring six points in total.
Fernández started the 2018 season in theMoto2 European Championship but was called up to Grand Prix competition whenHéctor Barberá was fired fromPons 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.
Fernández started the2019 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, followingÁlex Márquez andLorenzo 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.
For the2020 season, Fernández was given the seat of the outgoingÁlex Márquez atMarc VDS Racing, partneringSam 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.
The2021 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.
Fernández was signed byRed Bull KTM Ajo for the2022 season.[7] In 2022, Fernandez won four races, on his way to winning the 2022 Moto2 World Championship, beatingAi Ogura to the title.[8]
Fernández graduated to theMotoGP class during the2023 season, riding forGasGas Factory Racing Tech3, alongsidePol Espargaró.[9] At theFrench 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 withPedro Acosta with the renamedRed Bull GasGas Tech3. He managed to score a total of 27 points and finished 20th in the championship standings.[10]
After not being retained by KTM for 2025, Fernández announced in an interview with MotoGP.com that he will be aYamaha test rider.[11] Interestingly, he announced this before an official announcement was made by Yamaha.[12]
On December 17, 2024, Yamaha Racing officially announced Fernández as an official MotoGP test rider, with up to sixwild-card rides. At the 2025 Americas Grand Prix, Qatar Grand Prix, and Spanish Grand Prix, Fernández replaced the injuredMiguel Oliveira atPramac Racing, with a 13th-place finish in the USA.
In September 2025, Fernández signed on to remain as the test rider for Yamaha for the2026 and 2027 seasons.[13]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics 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 |
| 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 | 8 | 25th | – |
| Yamaha Factory Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 142 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 880.5 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2017–present | 142 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 880.5 | 1 | |||
(Races inbold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
