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MotoGP Australian GP: Jorge Martin Takes Pole Position, Wins Sprint Race at Phillip Island
The Round 17 of MotoGP 2024, Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix took place at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on October 19, 2024.
In Qualifying, Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) took his seventh pole position of the season. Following Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati) was 2nd by 0.594s, Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing) was 3rd and will start on the front row following Japan GP.
Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Ducati) was 4th, and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) was 5th. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) advanced to Q2 from Q1 and will start on the second row.
The third row will be made up of Franco Morbidelli (Pramac Ducati), Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati), and Alex Rins (Monster Yamaha), who is the 2022 Australian GP winner.
Local hero Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM), who hit an animal during the session, was 16th.- In the Sprint Race, Jorge Martin won, leading the race from start to finish. This marks his sixth victory of the season.
Marc Marquez ran wide in the first corner after the start and dropped to 8th. But he recovered and finally finished in 2nd.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) was 3rd ahead of his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, climbing from 10th place.
Maverick Vinales and Marco Bezzecchi battled for 5th, but collided in a high-speed with 2 lap to go, and Marco Bezzecchi headed to the medical centre.
After the frightening incident, Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) finished in 5th. However Fabio di Giannantonio received an 8-second penalty for low tyre pressure, dropping him from 5th to 7th.
With this result, Franco Morbidelli and Raul Fernandez moved up to 5th and 6th respectively.
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), who had started from 20th, finished in 8th and Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) was 9th to score a single point. - Jorge Martin said, “I'm so happy. It's the same feeling as last season, [but] having a bit more. For sure, right now Marc was really equal to me in terms of pace but he was a bit unlucky at the beginning of the race. So, I think for tomorrow it will be difficult. But for today I have to enjoy. I feel really good. For sure the first laps it was difficult to make this gap to [Marco] Bezzecchi. But as soon as Pecco [Bagnaia] went into second, I was capable of improving that gap a lot and then when I had 3.5s I said 'Ok, it's enough, slow down a bit'. The win was really difficult also. It was really inconsistent, so every corner was really different. So, you need to adapt really fast. But overall I'm super happy and we will try to be ready for tomorrow. For sure, when Marc went into second I had three seconds [over him], but then I pushed again till I had 3.5s. Then I said 'Ok, it's enough'. I was a bit scared about Marc because there was still three laps, three seconds, maybe he was the one able to catch me. But I was able to increase it, so from that point I was just trying to make it to the end. Difficult to say. For sure it was good today. The last few laps I felt already the drop. So, I don't know. We didn't have time to try the medium, so maybe tomorrow's warm-up will be important. It's a difficult question, a big question mark. But for sure Ducati has great engineers who can help us to make the choice.”
Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Qualifying Results- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / 1'27.296s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +0.594s
- Maverick Vinales / Aprilia Racing / +0.695s
- Marco Bezzecchi / VR46 Ducati / +1.079s
- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / +1.182s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +1.202s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +1.326s
- Alex Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +1.713s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +1.763s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +2.700s
- Brad Binder / Red Bull KTM / +2.994s
- Fabio Di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / +3.040s
- Luca Marini / Repsol Honda / 1'29.727s
- Johann Zarco / LCR Honda / 1'29.786s
- Pedro Acosta / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / 1'29.817s
- Jack Miller / Red Bull KTM / 1'29.909s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 / 1'30.149s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / 1'30.448s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / 1'30.635s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / 1'31.808s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / 1'31.835s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / 1'32.213s
Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sprint Race Results- Jorge Martin / Pramac Ducati / 19m 13.301s
- Marc Marquez / Gresini Ducati / +1.520s
- Enea Bastianini / Ducati Lenovo / +4.368s
- Francesco Bagnaia / Ducati Lenovo / +6.879s
- Franco Morbidelli / Pramac Ducati / +9.623s
- Raul Fernandez / Trackhouse Aprilia / +15.249s
- Fabio di Giannantonio / VR46 Ducati / +15.905s
- Aleix Espargaro / Aprilia Racing / +19.280s
- Augusto Fernandez / Red Bull GASGAS / +21.126s
- Luca Marini / Repsol Honda / +21.194s
- Fabio Quartararo / Monster Yamaha / +21.379s
- Alex Rins / Monster Yamaha / +21.483s
- Joan Mir / Repsol Honda / +23.528s
- Takaaki Nakagami / LCR Honda / +34.055s
- Lorenzo Savadori / Aprilia Racing / +38.324s
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