Marc Marquez lays down the marker in a quick opening session in Australia, outpacing Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez whereas residence favorite Jack Miller rounds out the highest three.
Rain held off at Phillip Island for Friday’s opening MotoGP observe, the place four-time circuit winner Marc Marquez set the quickest time with a 1:27.985, nonetheless 1.5 seconds shy of the all-time lap report.
Raul Fernandez impressed in second place regardless of an incident. Nonetheless dealing with damaged fingers from his Mandalika crash and compelled to brake utilizing his center finger, the Trackhouse rider was declared match by Dr. Angel Charte after a fall at Flip 7, recovering to complete simply behind Marquez.
House favourite Jack Miller rounded out the highest three, additionally strolling away unscathed from a late crash into Flip 1.
Marco Bezzecchi adopted in fourth forward of Alex Marquez in fifth on the second quickest Ducati, with Pedro Acosta taking P6.
The championship chief slotted into seventh forward of Ai Ogura in eighth, whereas final yr’s pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo secured P9 forward of Fabio Di Giannantonio in tenth.Additional down,
Brad Binder completed eleventh after an engine failure disrupted his session, main Johann Zarco in twelfth, whereas Alex Rins, Enea Bastianini, and Maverick Viñales accomplished the highest 15.
Earlier within the session, Iker Lecuona, filling in for Fermin Aldeguer this weekend, suffered an early fall at Flip 7.
Lastly, it proved to be a troublesome begin to the Australian GP for Honda HRC, whose sole consultant this weekend, Luca Marini, battled sickness and managed solely a handful of laps earlier than retreating to his storage. The Italian took the final time within the session.
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