Martin blitzes to pole with new lap record
Pramac Ducati rider Martin eclipsed his own benchmark set in qualifying at the same track last year as he demolished the field with a time of 1m27.246s at the end of second qualifying. That was a massive 0.416 seconds ahead of nearest rival and Friday pacesetter Brad Binder on the KTM, who along with third-placed […]
Quartararo baffled by “crazy” MotoGP practice form in Australia
The 2021 world champion anticipated a tougher weekend at Phillip Island a week on from his podium return at the Indonesian GP. But Quartararo could only manage 17th after Friday’s running with a 1m28.937s, having ended last year’s second practice at Phillip Island in fourth with a 1m29.6s lap. This has left Quartararo completely baffled, […]
Bagnaia highlights “unbelievable” deficit to MotoGP title rival Martin in Australia
A week on from the title lead swinging from Bagnaia to Pramac’s Martin and back to Bagnaia at the Indonesian GP, 18 points splits to the pair coming to Phillip Island. Bagnaia lost his championship lead after struggling to 13th in qualifying at Mandalika and recovered only to eighth in the sprint, while Martin won. […]
Marquez «cruising» in fast corners as Honda MotoGP woes continue
Marquez endured an eventful opening day of the Australian Grand Prix weekend, as he crashed in both the opening practice session and again in the afternoon’s second session, both times at the slow MG right-hander that follows Lukey Heights. Marquez explained that his crashes came as a result of trying to push the limits through […]
2023 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
Due to threat of heavy wind on Sunday, the schedule has been alterted with the main race moved forward to Saturday afternoon. The sprint will now take place on Sunday, subject to weather. 2023 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix session timings (updated schedule) Session GMT BST CEST ET PT AEDT JST IST FP1 23:45 00:45 01:45 […]
MotoGP moves Australian GP main race to Saturday amid wind threat
The schedule change will see the sprint race being moved to Sunday, should it take place at all amid the forecast rain and wind. 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 […]
KTM’s Binder tops FP2, Bagnaia into Q1
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 […]
Martin fastest, Marquez crashes in FP1
Martin, who comes to Australia 18 points adrift of title rival Francesco Bagnaia after his crash in Indonesia last weekend, set the pace in Friday morning’s opening 45-minute session with a best time of 1m29.039s. The Spanish rider commanded the timesheets for almost the entire session, becoming the first man to break the 90-second barrier […]
MotoGP must improve contract respect between teams and riders
Since Marc Marquez and Honda agreed to mutually part ways with a year left on his deal for 2024 so he can join Gresini Ducati, contracts have been the major talking point. Aprilia has spent the last two weeks insisting that all of its riders – including Miguel Oliveira, who is favourite to replace Marquez […]