Australian MotoGP

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.

Marquez sets the pace during a red-flagged FP4 session for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island, which would be the final track action of the day.

More adverse weather is forecast to shake-up Saturday at Phillip Island. Live updates from Saturday's Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP practice and qualifying sessions...  

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

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

Vinales quickest again during a quiet Free Practice 3 at the Australian MotoGP, which saw high winds and drops of rain keep riders in the pits for most of the 45-minutes as only twelve competitors set a lap time.

Full Australian MotoGP FP3 results

Free Practice (3) results from the 2019 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

Free Practice (3) results from the 2019 Australian Moto3 Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 17 of 19.

After having a front row seat to Marc Marquez’s latest wonder save, Danilo Petrucci gave his account of the incident while he was almost as equally impressed by his pace during the special session at Phillip Island.

Repsol Honda team-mates Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo came close to disaster at the end of Free Practice 2 for the Australian MotoGP.

Fastest in the morning rain, Vinales also leads a sunny second free practice session for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island.

Andrea Dovizioso expects to be in a group fighting behind the front-running pace of Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales at the Australian MotoGP but remains optimistic as “everything is open”.

Valentino Rossi feels setup modifications with his Monster Yamaha have made an instant impact at Phillip Island as he looks to recover from a nightmare Japanese round last time out.

Marc Marquez pulling off incredible saves is nothing new, but on Friday at Phillip Island he simultaneously set a new all-time MotoGP lean angle record.

Jack Miller has hailed a productive Friday practice ahead of his home round at Phillip Island and feels optimistic he’ll have the pace across the full race distance to challenge for the podium for Pramac Ducati.