Australian Moto2 Grand Prix, Phillip Island - Friday Practice Results
Friday Practice results from the 2023 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
Fermin Aldeguer, Moto2, Japanese MotoGP, 30 September
| 2023 Moto2 Phillip Island - Practice (2) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 32.548s |
| 2 | Aron Canet | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 1m 32.686s |
| 3 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.098s |
| 4 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 33.144s |
| 5 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 1m 33.180s |
| 6 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.335s |
| 7 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 33.450s |
| 8 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 1m 33.472s |
| 9 | Alonso Lopez | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 33.553s |
| 10 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.574s |
| 11 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.696s |
| 12 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.749s |
| 13 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | OnlyFans American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 33.793s |
| 14 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 33.910s |
| 15 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 33.952s |
| 16 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 33.965s |
| 17 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.055s |
| 18 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.065s |
| 19 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 34.114s |
| 20 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 34.185s |
| 21 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 34.280s |
| 22 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 34.295s |
| 23 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.427s |
| 24 | Taiga Hada | JPN | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.581s |
| 25 | Rory Skinner | GBR | OnlyFans American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 34.587s |
| 26 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.729s |
| 27 | Alex Escrig | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 1m 34.945s |
| 28 | Alberto Surra | ITA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 1m 34.966s |
| 29 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 1m 35.180s |
Fermin Aldeguer completes a Friday Moto2 double, while champion-elect Pedro Acosta (like Aron Canet) suffered a late fall.
The session was briefly red-flagged with 25 minutes remaining due to some large birds on the track at Turn 6.
| 2023 Moto2 Phillip Island - Practice (1) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 32.794s |
| 2 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 33.003s |
| 3 | Aron Canet | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 1m 33.238s |
| 4 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.572s |
| 5 | Alonso Lopez | SPA | Beta Tools SpeedUp | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 33.857s |
| 6 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.865s |
| 7 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.913s |
| 8 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 33.925s |
| 9 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | OnlyFans American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 33.981s |
| 10 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.136s |
| 11 | Barry Baltus | BEL | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 34.200s |
| 12 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 34.211s |
| 13 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Inde GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.273s |
| 14 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.279s |
| 15 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 34.395s |
| 16 | Filip Salac | CZE | QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.397s |
| 17 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 34.492s |
| 18 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 34.542s |
| 19 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 34.552s |
| 20 | Alberto Surra | ITA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 1m 34.712s |
| 21 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | Pons Wegow Los40 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.838s |
| 22 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 1m 34.893s |
| 23 | Lukas Tulovic | GER | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 34.954s |
| 24 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | NED | Fieten Olie Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 35.054s |
| 25 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 35.171s |
| 26 | Taiga Hada | JPN | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 35.353s |
| 27 | Alex Escrig | SPA | Forward Team | (Forward) | 1m 35.924s |
| 28 | Rory Skinner | GBR | OnlyFans American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 36.066s |
| 29 | Mattia Casadei | ITA | Fantic Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 36.456s |
| 30 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 | (Kalex) | 1m 37.017s |
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