MotoGP Phillip Island

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 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.

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

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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.