Augusto Fernández' Brno Sprint Mission Ends Early

"First of all, I want to say 'Sorry' to Takaaki Nakagami and also to my team, because it was my mistake. The riders ahead of me braked earlier than I expected, and I got sucked in by the slipstream. I knew I was going to have contact with Taka, so I tried to put the bike on the ground before the impact to make it smoother. All in all, it was a hard day. Because we had no dry track time yesterday, we had to do everything this morning. Still, I wasn't super far. Even though I'm last on the grid, I was about 1s from Fabio's qualifying lap, which is not so bad on a 2-minute track. I felt confident I could do a good Sprint race, or at least get some information for tomorrow, but it ended early for me. Sorry again to Taka. I hope he's okay for tomorrow. Let's see if I can have a stable Race, finish it, and collect the information we need."