The threat of extreme winds for Sunday forced MotoGP to alter the schedule for the Australian GP weekend, with the main race – won by Johann Zarco – taking place on Saturday. The sprint race was rescheduled for Sunday at 1pm local time, but had to be cancelled after conditions deteriorated through the Moto3 and […]
Series promoter Dorna took the decision at around 12.30pm local time on Sunday, half an hour before the 13-lap race was due to begin. It followed a chaotic Moto2 race which was red-flagged after just nine of 23 laps completed in the wet and windy conditions, which had been forecast from the beginning of the […]
Zarco took his first top-class win – and his first in grand prix racing since his title-winning 2016 Moto2 campaign – in sensational style, passing a rapidly fading Martin on the 27th and last lap. Poleman Martin had controlled the race up to that point, but began to struggle in the closing stages having been […]
Pramac Ducati rider Martin started the 27-lap main race at Phillip Island from pole, and led the entire distance up until the final lap, having opted to run a soft rear tyre. The Spanish rider was leading by 3.5 seconds at one stage but began to fall back towards his rivals, all running medium rubber […]
This time last week in Indonesia, Bagnaia lost the title lead to Martin after the Pramac rider won the sprint and moved seven points clear. But a crash for Martin in Sunday’s main race and a win for Bagnaia put the reigning champion 18 clear coming to Australia. Bagnaia qualified third having come through Q1 […]
From pole, Pramac Ducati rider Martin led for 26 of the 27 laps on Saturday at Phillip Island, only losing the advantage on the very final tour as his soft rear tyre wore out, allowing Johann Zarco to come through for victory. Martin slipped to fifth at the chequered flag, losing further ground in the […]
The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short. Going without a win in his racing career since the 2016 Moto2 Valencia GP, Zarco snatched a maiden MotoGP class victory on the last lap of a thrilling […]
Series organiser Dorna announced following Saturday morning’s MotoGP qualifying session that the race start times for all three classes will be brought forward by an hour. The MotoGP sprint race, which had been scheduled for 2pm local time, will now take place at 1pm as a result. It comes amid the threat of rain and […]
South African rider Binder left it until the very end of the hour-long session on Friday afternoon to set the quickest lap of the day at the picturesque Phillip Island track, a 1m27.993s. That was just over two tenths shy of last year’s pole record set by Jorge Martin, and enough to beat KTM stablemate […]
The schedule change will see the sprint race being moved to Sunday, should it take place at all due to poor weather. Saturday will be the busiest day of all as per the new schedule, which was officially announced by Dorna in a press conference after Friday practice, with qualifying taking place early during the […]