Ai Ogura took a crucial pole position, to give him space and rivals between himself and title rival Augusto Fernandez ahead of the Moto2 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Francesco Bagnaia will be crossing his fingers that rain on Saturday morning holds off at the Malaysian MotoGP, after the championship leader elected not to fit new tyres at the end of FP1 which cost him a spot in the top ten on combined times.
After the 2023 MotoGP calendar was announced, the full testing schedule for the season, which starts immediately after the Valencia 2022 finale on November 6, has been confirmed.
Marc Marquez says that his excitement to see new talents like Izan Guevara is tinged with the realisation that they will challenge his own place at the top.
Moto2 rider Jorge Navarro has stressed that last Sunday’s incident where he suffered a broken leg and was stranded at the edge of track while bikes rode past at racing speed ‘shouldn’t ever happen to anyone’.
Jorge Navarro has undergone surgery for a broken femur after falling and being hit by Simone Corsi in the early stages of Sunday’s Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
Alonso Lopez took a long lap and came out in front in the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix World victory after a long lap penalty as the championship battle played out behind in Philip Island.
Fermin Aldeguer lead the way when a red flag was needed again for geese on the track. Ai Ogura was one of many caught out by the early end to the session in qualifying for the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix.