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MotoGP riders are proposing to have a button installed on their bikes to enable a red flag "vote", according to Luca Marini.

So, we are asking to them, also in the safety commission, to have like a button, to push it, and then maybe if 80% of the grid push this button, also in a race for example, they can have a red flag. “They are here [in the paddock] and from here you don’t feel the wind. “It’s difficult also to take this [red flag] decision,” Marini conceded.

MotoGP: STATISTICS Yamaha have won the MotoGP race at Phillip Island on five occasions, three with Valentino Rossi (2004, 2005 and 2014), one with Jorge ...

KTM best MotoGP result at Phillip Island: ninth with Pol Espargaro in 2017. Yamaha have won the MotoGP race at Phillip Island on five occasions, three with Valentino Rossi (2004, 2005 and 2014), one with Jorge Lorenzo (2013) and one with Maverick Viñales (2018). Ducati have four MotoGP wins at Phillip Island, all with Casey Stoner from 2007 to 2010.

Honda's six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has spent Friday practice at Phillip Island trialling a variety of new aero configurations.

Of course I will try to do my 100 percent, tomorrow and Sunday, but we need to understand also for the future. “I will arrive in the pitbox tonight and they will say to me the plan. “It’s true that it’s a special circuit to try these things – but one of the problems I have this year is, like, this heavy feeling in the front, the turning, and we are trying to fix – by the chassis, by the aerodynamics, by all the things.

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MotoGP: "I talked to Stoner about it, the way of riding is different and you have to trust the electronics. Today I tried a new fairing, it makes the bike ...

As I said yesterday, when I feel like this I give everything, I hope to stay at the same level until Sunday, I also know that there is the possibility of having a drop during the weekend, but this is the best strategy to make progress. Now we are in a moment and in a point that we are not looking for the best result of the weekend. When you see that I push immediately it means that I am fine, otherwise I am waiting to do it at the end. In FP1 I did the best time with the old one, in FP2 with the new one, so both have positive and negative aspects. And today I tried many times the current one, the new one, with tails, without tails, and then I tried only the front part. This is the way and we need to adapt as best we can ”.

Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro admits this weekend's Australian Grand Prix is a must-win for him if he is to have any realistic chance of fighting for the 2022 ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Aleix Espargaro is also in the title fight for Aprilia, 20 points down on Yamaha star Quartararo, while Enea Bastianini and Jack Miller also have a theoratical ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence. MotoGP travels to Phillip Island this weekend for the 18th round of the 2022 season.

Aleix Espargaro believes he's in the mix for a Phillip Island MotoGP win - and he admits it needs to happen for his title hopes.

“This morning, I was struggling with the wind, and then we did something that helped me a lot in the second and third exits, and I improved my pace a lot, and was quite happy. This afternoon, the wind was quite worse, and maybe for my setting or my riding style, I was struggling a bit. But we already know where to improve and this is something that can help us.” We have to wait and see, but my pace is strong. “We have to wait and see, because today was easy to make a mistake and have a big crash. So hopefully tomorrow with a better condition, when it looks like it will be more warm, hopefully I’ll be able to use the hard front and to make one step.

MotoGP points leader Fabio Quartararo says Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix has offered Yamaha a rare chance to improve its bike across the rest ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia says “this is the moment to attack” Fabio Quartararo in the 2022 MotoGP title race and has to “risk” in the final three races.

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. The drama of the Aragon Grand Prix has thrust Francesco Bagnaia well and truly into title contention with five races to go, and Ducati must now consider utilising a unique strength it has so far been reticent to embrace OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Marc Marquez tried several different aerodynamic updates for his Repsol Honda on the way to a competitive sixth place during Friday practice at the.

“I push Honda a lot to make [new] things to try. Of course, I will try to do my 100% tomorrow and on Sunday, but we need to understand also for the future. In FP2, I concentrated more on the new ones. “But the best lap I did in FP1 was with the current ones. “As you saw I tried a new fairing, we already tried this kind of concept a bit in Misano [test] and I felt some positive points but in that moment we decided not to homologate so Honda had the chance to keep working and bring another evolution. So I stayed with the setup from Thailand.”

Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro admits this weekend's Australian Grand Prix is a must-win for him if he is to have any realistic chance of fighting for the 2022 ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

MotoGP points leader Fabio Quartararo says Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix has offered Yamaha a rare chance to improve its bike across the rest ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

MotoGP: The French rider dominated the first day of free practice by reaching the top of the standings in both sessions. “Being fast on this track is an ...

When the grip on the track improved in the afternoon, the times improved for all the riders.” Tomorrow we’ll have a softer one on the right side and, in the center, it would be impossible to do without it on this circuit. I had the opportunity to work on my race pace and also improve my flying lap with a soft on the rear. “I finished a couple of fast laps and then worked on my confidence with the bike, looking for reference points on the track. With the track that was wet in some areas, I had to adapt quickly and be fast at the same time,” the French rider explained. The first day of free practice was an almost dry one for the riders on the Australian circuit, except for some areas of wet asphalt in the morning that forced them to have a more cautious approach.

MotoGP: The structure created by Dr. Costa will no longer be in the MotoGP paddock in 2023. Michele Zasa: "I have continued his teachings, always standing ...

"On a personal level I have to thank all the people who helped me to carry on this adventure, first of all my partner Guido Dalla Rosa Prati, as well as all the health and non-health personnel who have supported me in these 9 years, allowing me to carry out the Clinica Mobile activities - he added - There have been people who have given so much to the Clinica Mobile, even before thinking about what the Clinica Mobile could give them. From 2023 the Clinica Mobile will no longer be present in the MotoGP paddock. Over the years, the Clinica Mobile has been able to evolve and adapt to the inevitable changes in a world that runs fast.

Marc Marquez says he is willing to “sacrifice” a strong result at the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix to help Honda develop its 2023 bike.

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Marc Marquez says he is willing to “sacrifice” a strong result at the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix to help Honda develop its 2023 bike.

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

:”A beautiful day and a great track. We made an excellent step forward between the sessions: Matteo, Sergio (Flamigni and Martinez) and all the Ducati ...

I feel good with the bike and look forward to tomorrow to make some more steps forward.” We’re really happy to see Joan back on the bike, and he was so close to the Top 10 today. Fortunately, we had a dry FP2, so we could work on the settings, and at the end of the session we did a decent time attack. Then we will see what is possible on Saturday and Sunday, the feeling on the bike is quite good and we can see that the potential is there. We still have some work to do, but we are at a good point, and I know where we can still improve. Let’s start again from here: the goal for the last free practice sessions is to stay on track as much as possible and make some steps forward also on the pace for the race.” We need to work on the electronics, because the bike moves a lot on corner exit. “A cold and windy day, but it feels amazing to come back to the Island. “A good first day, I had to adapt to the track and the wind that especially in the afternoon was very strong. We have a few things to try tomorrow to improve our feeling, and I felt that we still have a little margin to improve our pace, especially in Sector 1. The wind was definitely a factor with the bike moving around a lot but I think everyone is having the same issue so I’m not worried about it.” “I felt really good today and the bike was also working really, really well today.

World champion Fabio Quartararo said he had room for improvement after finishing fourth behind dominant Frenchman Johann Zarco at a windy second practice...

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No matter what you're racing in Australia, keep an eye out for trackside marsupials.

Aprilia rider and championship contender Aleix Espargaro, the first rider in the line going past, misses the wallaby by just a few feet. Hopefully, all pouch-bearing wildlife will find their way to their preferred side of the racing surface before the event actually begins. The wallaby, apparently unfamiliar with the mid-corner speeds a MotoGP bike can reach, decided to cross the track immediately before a large group of bikes could come by.

Quartararo ended the day only fractionally off the pace set by leading Ducati Johann Zarco and felt he had more to give. A good qualifying position this ...

I think everyone was quite relaxed today — relaxed is maybe not the right word here in Phillip Island — but we have to wait and see.” “They are here [in the paddock], and from here you don’t feel the wind. “It’s difficult also to take this [red flag] decision,” Luca Marini said, per The Race. One more is not a problem. “I think our pace is quite okay,” he said. “I felt like I could fight on top again, so I’m happy. It’s far too early to say, just one day into the first weekend back at Phillip Island in three years. A good qualifying position this afternoon is in sight, and from there anything’s possible. “I feel I was also riding well … So we are asking to them, also in the safety commission, to have a button, to push it, and then maybe if 80 per cent of the grid push this button, also in a race for example, they can have a red flag — to just send them more information. “Today was one of the first days that we really felt that we have to make a few changes, because in general as soon as we start the weekend we finish the weekend with the same bike. and feeling also like I have a margin in a few corners that can make me one tenth here, one tenth there, so at the end of a race it can make a big change,” he said.

Free Practice (3) results from the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, round 18 of 20 in the 2022 world championship.

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Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia says “this is the moment to attack” Fabio Quartararo in the 2022 MotoGP title race and he has to “risk” in the final three races.

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. The drama of the Aragon Grand Prix has thrust Francesco Bagnaia well and truly into title contention with five races to go, and Ducati must now consider utilising a unique strength it has so far been reticent to embrace OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

The Suzuki test team and test rider Takuya Tsuda is planning to run at the Japanese circuit next week in a private test that will effectively only be useful ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Local favourite Jack Miller will be looking to put his Ducati on pole position when Australian MotoGP qualifying takes place at Phillip Island this ...

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Jack Miller will have his motorcycling career honoured by having a corner at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit named after him.

for it to be known as Miller Corner long after my career ends and I’m an old bloke watching the races on TV, it’s more than I could ever have dreamt of.” I have no issue with what we can do with the bike. “I feel good. The Aussie finished 13th at the end of second practice on Friday afternoon after struggling with set-up problems in the sport’s first visit to Phillip Island since 2019. The corner is well known as being home of Miller’s core supporter base, with his family and friends setting up camp annually at turn 4 to cheer on the four-time MotoGP winner at his home race. Jack Miller will have his motorcycling career honoured by having a corner at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit named after him.

Marc Marquez has set the fastest lap of a thrilling MotoGP™ FP3 at the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. The Repsol Honda Team rider set a ...

So, after all of that, the top five was Marc Marquez, Marini, Martin on that earlier 1:28.616, Aleix Espargaro, and Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) on a 1:28.690. In something of a surprise, Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) misses out on the top 10 by one position and just 0.045 seconds after topping both FP1 and FP2. Aleix Espargaro was just into the provisional Q2 positions when he set a 1:29.305 but he was out again when Quartararo came through with a 1:29.039 and Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) followed him around to clock a 1:28.965. Alex Marquez relegated him to 10th when the Spaniard set a 1:28.765 just after, but 'El Diablo' held on to his berth in Q2. Aleix Espargaro was back up to fourth with a 1:28.825 in the final minute, then Marc Marquez improved to second on a 1:28.652 before being bettered by Luca Marini’s (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) 1:28.592. Despite thoughts on Friday that conditions would be too cool for riders to lap faster in FP3, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) made an early move from 11th to fifth on combined times with a 1:29.658, then to fourth with a 1:29.534 as he started his first serious time attack and second with a 1:29.510 next time around. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team), and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) all had to dig deep to get into Q2, while Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) scraped into 10th. Meanwhile, Quartararo had slipped to 13th on the timing screen when he punched out a 1:28.858 to move into ninth. With the chequered flag out, Aleix Espargaro made his spot in Q2 safe when he climbed from eighth to third with a 1:28.639, although Marc Marquez was tailing him around Phillip Island and moved back into P1 with a 1:28.462. (@MotoGP) Marc Marquez has set the fastest lap of a thrilling MotoGP™ FP3 at the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. The Repsol Honda Team rider set a 1:48.462 to bag P1 on his final lap in a session in which the title contenders were on a knife edge throughout.

Marc Marquez has topped the third practice session for MotoGP at Phillip Island ahead of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

The elder Marquez laid down a commanding 1:28.462s to end the session quickest ahead of Marini and Martin. Out of nowhere, Luca Marini went to the top on a 1:28.592s, and while that was impressive, it would not stand for long. As expected, there was a flurry of quick times in the final 15 minutes as riders attempted to book a spot in Q2.

As Phillip Island prepares for its first MotoGP since 2019, Jack Miller is told he will have a corner named after him at the famous track.

Miller is looking to breakthrough for his first MotoGP win at Phillip Island after finishing third in the Australian race three years ago. "It's an immense honour. Australian MotoGP star Jack Miller will be immortalised at Phillip Island with a corner at the famed racing circuit named in his honour.

Turn 4, for the slowest point on the fast, flowing, layout, has long been colloquially known as Honda. However it has now been officially renamed to Miller ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Pramac Ducati's Jorge Martin snatched pole from Marc Marquez for the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix with a new lap record, as Francesco Bagnaia was the ...

Prior to the summer break, the 2022 MotoGP title looked like it was Fabio Quartararo’s to lose. OPINION: Honda is in the midst of a second winless season in the space of three years. OPINION: Marc Marquez has completed the first three races of his MotoGP comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm and has already achieved more points than Honda scored in his absence.

Qualifying (1) results from the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, round 18 of 20 in the 2022 world championship.

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Jorge Martin has claimed pole position for the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in emphatic fashion. The Prima Pramac Racing rider, ...

The rest of the grid, as it stands, will be Australian Remy Gardner (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Oliveira, Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™), and Tetsuta Nagashima (LCR Honda Idemitsu). Row 4 will be the other Q1 graduate in Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) from Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) and Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing). He is also involved in an investigation regarding possible impeding but, if anything, the Italian was on the wrong end of it when he happened upon Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) at Lukey Heights on his final lap. Mir ran off at Siberia next time around, then both he and Pol Espargaro pitted with two minutes remaining. Back in Q1, Zarco had been quickest at the end of the first runs on a 1:28.498, with Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) second on a 1:28.647. Marc Marquez sat fifth on a 1:28.313, having been forced into one of his trademark front-end saves exiting 'MG' (Turn 10) on his second flying lap which saw him veer onto the grass. With the second runs on in earnest, Johann Zarco jumped to the top with a 1:28.007 before Martin made it a Prima Pramac Racing one-two when he knocked his teammate off his perch with the first lap of Phillip Island that was quicker than Lorenzo’s 1:27.899 in 2013. With the chequered flag about to come out, Bagnaia moved up to second on a 1:27.953 but was beaten almost immediately by the Honda rider in his slipstream, who set a 1:27.780 which was just 0.013 seconds away from pole! In fact, the top three in the Championship are third, fourth, and fifth, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) to head up Row 2 and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) set to grid up right next to him. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was also under lap-record pace in taking second in Q2, with Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) also on the front row and therefore the first of the title contenders. (@MotoGP) He would hold onto that honour for just a lap as Bagnaia clocked a 1:28.054 next time through, and they were the top two at the end of the opening runs, with Quartararo third on a 1:28.174.

Spaniard Jorge Martin has obliterated the lap record at Phillip Island to secure pole position for the Australian...

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