Australian MotoGP

Takaaki Nakagami will miss another race - he has been ruled out of the Australian MotoGP due to his ongoing recovery from a horrible finger injury.

- MotoGP officials are considering the potential of moving the Australian round to become the season opener following safety concerns about running the Phillip Island event in October.

With Valentino Rossi celebrating his historic 400 th race start at the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, take a look at the Italian’s career in numbers.

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

Full Australian MotoGP qualifying results 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.

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”.

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.

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.

Full Australian MotoGP FP3 results

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.

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.

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.

Full Australian MotoGP FP2 results at Phillip Island

Full Australian MotoGP FP1 results at Phillip Island

For iconic MotoGP circuits, there aren’t many like Phillip Island.

Andrea Dovizioso has repeated his suspicion of an underlying technical weakness with his Ducati GP19 causing his slower pace in good grip conditions with a new tyre while looking ahead to the Australian MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi says his motivation to fightback from his poor run of results hasn’t wavered but calls the current trends around MotoGP contracts “strange” which raises questions about his own future in the sport.

The MotoGP action continues at double pace with the second leg of the triple-header at the iconic Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix where Valentino Rossi is ready to celebrate an incredible 400 th start.

Returning to a circuit which has hosted happy memories, Valentino Rossi says he and his Monster Yamaha team continue to find solutions to his recent pace problems at Phillip Island.

Andrea Dovizioso is bracing for “the most challenging circuit” for Ducati of the triple-header at Phillip Island and despite losing out on the MotoGP world title he feels he can’t ease off in the fight for second place in the standings.

Fabio Quartararo wants to exploit his confidence with his Petronas Yamaha and front end feeling as he eyes a maiden MotoGP race win to an gloss to a stellar rookie campaign.