This weekend's♉ Catalunya MotoGP will be an emotional event for Reale Avintia, as they return to the circuit wher꧂e young team-mate Andreas Perez lost his life a week ago in a Moto3 Junior World Championship race.

"It will be a sad weekend for all of us as we lost one of the youngest members of our team," said൲ Tito Rabat. "Rest in peace Andr𒆙eas. All my thoughts are with your family and friends.”

Xavier Simeon aཧdded: "I want to send all my support to the family of Andreas. His loss ha👍s been really hard for the team."

The lo༺ss of Andreas has been especially hard for the Reale Avintia Academy Moto3 GP team🧸, which shares the same structure as the CEV Junior World Championship team.

“It was v🎀ery hard to hear about Andreas passing away," said Livio Loi. "He was a really, really fast guy on track, but he was an even better person in real life. His character was unique and he was a real friend, so in Barcelona I’ll race for him.

"I’ll give my best to honour him. I hꦚope to be able to fight for a good r💮esult with the team in such difficult moments. We will fight hard for Andreas!"

Andreas' CEV team-mate Vicente Perez w❀ill have a Moto3 wild-card entry this weekend, when he will aim for a strong result to honour his friend.

“What happened with Andreas has been really difficult to come to terms with,﷽" he said.

"To be honest I don’t have the strength to race at this circuit right now, but I will give my best for him and I’ll try to learn as much as possible from this n♈ew opportunity in the Moto3 World Championship.

"He always trusted me and that’s why I’ll give my maximum to d♈edicate the best possible result to Andreas."