MotoGP Phillip Island

2022 - 10 - 15

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Riders beg for panic button to halt races after Friday chaos – Aus ... (Fox Sports)

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.

Australian MotoGP 2022 qualifying results and race schedule from ... (Sporting News AU)

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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Miller to be honoured with renamed corner at Phillip Island (Fox Sports)

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.

Marquez blitzes MotoGP Practice 3 at Phillip Island (Speedcafe)

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.

Australian MotoGP: Jack Miller to have a corner at Phillip Island ... (ABC News)

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.

Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island - Qualifying (1) Results (crash.net)

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

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Aldeguer claims pole at Phillip Island (motogp.com)

Fermin Aldeguer has grabbed the second Moto2™ pole position of his career in lap-record pace at the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

The latter had a spill at Miller Corner with four minutes to go in Q2, while Albert Arenas (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) cost himself a chance of advancing from Q1 with a crash at Doohan Corner, and is set to start 19th. As for Vietti, he qualified sixth, on a second row featuring Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) in fourth and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) in fifth. After the morning Warm Up, we will get our answers on Sunday when lights go out at 12:20 (GMT +11) – don’t miss it! Still, the San Marino GP winner will start on the front row, and he will be particularly keen for a good launch given the Long Lap Penalty he has to serve for a run-in with Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) in Free Practice. Lopez had dominated FP3 earlier in the day, when Aldeguer got closest, but it was the latter of the Speed Up riders who went on an early charge in Q2. Fermin Aldeguer has grabbed the second Moto2™ pole position of his career in lap-record pace at the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

GALLERY: Saturday at MotoGP Phillip Island (Speedcafe)

View images from Saturday at the Australian Grand Prix as MotoGP returns to Phillip Island for the first time since 2019. Pictures: MotoGP.com.

Martin seizes the Australian GP pole with a new lap record (motogp.com)

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.

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