Zarco beat Miller by 91 thousandths of a second

Among the “technical innovations” that could be seen in this first practice session were comments on Marc Márquez’s Repsol Honda. got on his second bike. Another innovation among pilots in this case, The return of Spaniard Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR), the 2020 MotoGP world champion, has decided to travel to Australia to race again on a track he likes and has already been declared the Moto3 world, having recovered even more from a right foot injury. champion in 2017.

France’s Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1) was the first leader of the first practice session, and Italy’s Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) was second, but as the laps went on, Spain’s Marc Márquez climbed to first place. In his twelfth round, he was commissioned by teammate Pol Espargaró with a time of 1:31,258 and then 1:30,897. session. In the final episode, Marc Márquez hit the track on a bike equipped with wings on the rear tail and possibly some kind of technical innovation. He could do nothing to prevent Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) from snatching first place from him with a time of 1:30,561 faster than three-tenths of a second.

Spaniard Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), third in the 2022 world championship with Quartararo and Bagnaia, “grown” throughout the session, moving up to fifth place and then with less than four minutes to fourth place the smoothest of all drivers to get the best time possible. they use their rear tires. Miller threw a few thousandths of his best time at 1:30,459, with Alex Rins (Suzuki GSX RR) in those moments, France’s Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and Spain’s Repsol Honda second in front of Marc. Marquez and Aprilia, Aleix Espargaró.

But Johann Zarco jumps to first place in the last lapwas commissioned by Miller, unable to develop his personal best, ahead of Italy’s Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and Spaniards Alex Márquez, Alex Rins and Aleix Espargaró, the best among the most direct contenders for the world title. ), eighth, behind compatriots Enea Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) and Marc Márquez, and ahead of Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) and Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) with direct access to the second classification. World leader Fabio Quartararo, who came to lead the timeline, finished twelfth behind Pol Espargaró and ahead of the Spanish trio of Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP) and Joan Mir. Suzuki GSX RR).

Augusto Fernández leads a tough session in Moto 2

Spanish Augusto Fernandez (Kalex) led the first Moto2 training session to appear much rougher than you expected At Phillip Island Circuit. Just minutes after the start of the first Moto2 training session, it had to be stopped due to track conditions, which included Dutch Bo Bendsneyder (Kalex), Spaniard Pedro Acosta (Dutch Bo Bendsneyder (Kalex), Spaniards Pedro Acosta (Kalex) and Manuel González (Kalex) and Italian Alessandro Zaccone (Kalex) The race direction was forced to display a red flag so that the Australian circuit’s help could clear the areas affected by the dirt left by some mishaps on the asphalt.

The session continued with the Spaniards a few minutes later. World leader Augusto Fernández (Kalex) as the fastest driver on the track, then Czech Filip Salac (Kalex), Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex) and Bendsneyder, who managed to save and repair his motorcycle, did not happen with Pedro Acosta, who took a long time to continue the session. he recovered and failed to complete a single turn at the Phillip Island circuit. Fernández was on his own until the final minutes, when he was overtaken by Englishman Jake Dixon (Kalex), but his record was canceled as he crossed the track limits, and with it, he reclaimed the first place with a Spanish record of 1:34,704, practice time was over and rain flags were waved at parts of the track. .

Fernández and Czech Filip Salac, Brit Jake Dixon, Thai Somkiat Chantra and Italian Tony Arbolino all finished via Kalex, after winner Bo Bendsneyder, Arón Canet, Sam Lowes and Albert Arenas nine places, Spain’s Fermin Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), tenth, team in front of his friend Alonso López and “Manugas” Gonález (Kalex) and Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex); behind them, the latter suffered a decline towards the end of the session, though without any consequences for their physical integrity. Debating the title against Spaniard Augusto Fernández, Japan’s Ai Ogura (Kalex) was unable to beat the sixteenth place by more than a second and had to improve if he didn’t want to stay too far behind the starting line. above. Marcos Ramírez (MV Agusta) finished eighteenth and Jorge Navarro (Kalex) took twenty-third place.

Moreira, the leader of his final lap in Moto 3

Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) led the Moto 3 category in the final lap of the first free practice sessions so far led by local driver Joel Kelso (KTM). The previous day’s heavy rains in this part of the Australian state of Victoria gave way to a sunny but very cold day and caused some setbacks, most notably the crash of world leader Spaniard Izan Guevara (GasGas) and the then class leader having to finally settle in fifth place. The remaining Japanese Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda), Guevara finished eighth. Moreira (KTM) beat Italy’s Dennis Foggia (Honda) in just 57 thousandths of a second and Spain’s Sergio García Dols (GasGas) in third place to set the best time for the category with 1:39.773.