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november 12, 2023 - Gasgas
Another double MotoGP™ points grab in Malaysia
MotoGP closed out the eighteenth Grand Prix of the season with a hot and humid race at Sepang and where GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3’s Augusto Fernandez bagged world championship points for the thirteenth occasion this season thanks to a 14th place finish. Teammate Pol Espargaro was 15th on his GASGAS RC16 in front of a large and wild Malaysian crowd.
- MotoGP signs-off a lengthy Asian swing of the 2023 calendar with another demanding Grand Prix chase and with GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 pushing the limits of grip and energy in Sepang
- Augusto Fernandez rides to 14th place after starting from the same slot on the grid and the middle of the fifth row. Pol Espargaro pushes hard to recover from an early setback to obtain 15th position
- Ryusei Yamanaka delivers 9th place for the GASGAS Aspar Team in Moto3™ as David Alonso DNFs but still sits 3rd in the world championship standings in his rookie season
- Jake Dixon manages a creditable 5th in Moto2™ for his tenth top five result of the year as Izan Guevara defies pain and discomfort from a Saturday slide-out but fails to make the checkered flag
After a Friday and Saturday of steamy and stuffy conditions race day at Sepang and for the 23rd edition of the Grand Prix at the popular and technical circuit took place in more sunshine. Augusto Fernandez tried to replicate his rapid start from Saturday but also had to exercise caution in the opening exchanges and then tried to implement a solid race rhythm for the duration. He crossed the finish line in 14th. Augusto was pursued by his teammate again but Espargaro was further afield this time. Pushing to the maximum in the heat, Pol also rode well to recover from early race contact with another rider and strived to gain ground. 15th position means a solitary point for his toil. The Grand Prix of Malaysia is the first episode of the final 2023 triple header run-in. The series and the paddock move west this week to the newly refurbished Lusail International Circuit. The Qatari round means the traditional ‘night’ race for what will be the penultimate fixture of the year.
Augusto Fernandez, 14th: “It was a hard one and I’m not too happy about the race but it was good to be back in the points at least. I feel like our potential was better than 14th. We had a good Quali but could not translate that to the race pace. We have improved the time attacks compared to the beginning of the year but I’ve been struggling a bit more with used tires, so let’s try to analyze and have both aspects working well for the final two races.”
Pol Espargaro, 15th: “An average race, not so good but not so bad. I had contact with Joan Mir in the first laps and I lost a lot of places. I think I was almost last. I started to recover and got back some time. I ended up behind Augusto again for the rest of the race. It was so hot and I felt like my fitness was on the limit for the conditions. Let’s move to Qatar and hopefully a cooler climate where I can enjoy my time on the bike.”
Nicolas Goyon, GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 Team Manager: “Tricky conditions on Sunday. The track was boiling hot so the positive from today was that both our riders scored points. The highlight of the weekend was Augusto coming within a couple of tenths of Q2. Anyway, it was his first points in dry conditions since Catalunya. We knew the heat would not be a positive factor for Pol and getting hit on the first lap did not help but he kept his focus and moved forward. So, not the positions that we were targeting but we’ll refresh and go to Qatar and hopefully cooler conditions to take some better results.”
Results MotoGP Grand Prix of Malaysia 1. Enea Bastianini (ITA) Ducati 39:59.1372. Alex Marquez (ESP) Ducati +1.5353. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA) Ducati +3.56214. Augusto Fernandez (ESP) GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 +28.94015. Pol Espargaro (ESP) GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 +29.849
World championship standings MotoGP 1. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA) Ducati, 412 points2. Jorge Martin (ESP) Ducati 3983. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA) Ducati, 32317. Augusto Fernandez (ESP) GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 6923. Pol Espargaro (ESP) GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 13
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