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Marc Marquez is adamant Maverick Vinales had the stronger race pace at the Australian MotoGP and had to use his strategy to get the better of the Monster Yamaha rider to clinch victory at Phillip Island.

Full Australian MotoGP race results

Phillip Island: MotoGP Championship standings Pos   Rider Nat Team Points Diff. 1

Brad Binder dominated at the front to take victory in the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island ahead of team-mate Jorge Martin.

It's a packed day of action at Phillip Island with MotoGP warm-up being followed by the rescheduled qualifying sessions and then this afternoon's race. Meanwhile, the world championship could be decided in both the Moto3 and Moto2 classes.

Race results from the 2019 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta celebrated taking the Moto3 title in style with a hard fought win in an electric Australian Grand Prix.

Vinales continues his strong weekend with pole position for this afternoon's Australian MotoGP, during a rescheduled qualifying at Phillip Island. Q1 and Q2 were cancelled on Saturday due to strong winds and moved to Sunday morning.

Race results from the 2019 Australian Moto3 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

Full Australian MotoGP qualifying results at Phillip Island

The top two riders in MotoGP Qualifying 1 now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice. The others will start this afternoon's race, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards.

Vinales leads a dry but chilly morning warm-up for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island. The Yamaha rider went fastest on a hard rear, then even quicker on a soft. Aprilia's Espargaro was his closest rival after a tow from Marquez.

Warm-up results from the 2019 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

Warm-up results from the 2019 Australian Moto3 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

A frightening fall for Miguel Oliveira prompted final practice for the Australian MotoGP to be stopped and, after a meeting of the riders' Safety Commission, the cancellation of Saturday qualifying at Phillip Island

While Alex Rins felt riding on his own in the strong winds at Phillip Island was possible, he fears if the conditions remain the same it will too dangerous for the Australian Grand Prix with riders grouped together.

Pol Espargaro was among the minority of riders that wanted to go ahead with MotoGP qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

Andrea Dovizioso has backed the decision to postpone qualifying for the Australian MotoGP due to high winds as he feared conditions would have meant riders taking “a risk without really having control of the bike”.

Preparing for a record 400th start, no rider has more grand prix experience than Valentino Rossi.

Marc Marquez feels there was a possibility to complete qualifying despite the strong winds at Phillip Island but accepts with safety concerns in mind it was a sensible call.

Always one of the first to risk slick tyres on a drying track, and one of the few that wanted to race at Silverstone in 2018, Jack Miller was again in the minority when it came to a riders' vote on cancelling Saturday qualifying at the Australian MotoGP.

Aleix Espargaro praised MotoGP's Race Direction for listening to the riders and cancelling qualifying at Phillip Island. Strong gusts of wind plagued the Saturday action in Australia, intensifying in the afternoon.

These are the combined free practice times (FP1-FP4) after day two of the Australian MotoGP, which saw the cancellation of qualifying due to dangerous gusts of wind.

Qualifying for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island has been rescheduled for Sunday morning due to strong winds following a red flag stoppage midway through FP4.