Zarco maintains its hegemony all day long

It didn’t take long for Spaniard Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) to take first place, which France’s Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) won at 1:30:126 AM without using aerodynamic improvements. was quickly commissioned by both his compatriot Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP) and his world-leading French friend Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1), but the truth is that the session did nothing. more to get started. Behind the most “earliest” trio was the other trio leading the morning classification, led by Johann Zarco, as well as Australian Jack Miller (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and Spaniard Alex Márquez (Honda RC 213 V). The third title contender, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), was one of those who improved his personal best by a few thousandths of a second, but was also ninth behind Spaniard Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici). GP22).

Work in the workshops was very intense. and many riders could be seen constantly reviewing and changing the parameters of their bikes to try to improve times and also to evaluate tire consumption for a race that always tends to punish these components.

Things started to change dramatically in the last minutes as the Repsol Honda driver was unable to lower his personal best, while both Fabio Quartararo (1:29.614), Maverick Viñales, Johann Zarco and Marco Bezzecchi managed to beat him. Marc Márquez was waiting for his moment, and less than two minutes after the end of the session, he climbed to third place, just 30,000ths of a second behind Aprilia.

The possibility of rain on the second day has led many drivers to choose to “argue” the session at the last minute to get a good classification “just in case”. and then Johann Zarco was at the head of the table once againHe was surprised to finish third with Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) and his good performance ahead of fellow Ducati driver Italian Marco Bezzecchi, ahead of championship leader Fabio Quartararo. On this first day, Quartararo won eighth place over Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), their most direct rivals in the world title race, Italian Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP22). .

Spain’s Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP) finished fifth with Marc Márquez and Aleix Espargaró less than four-tenths behind Zarco’s record, and French to British Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) with 18 riders. The YZR M 1) is just over seven-tenths of a second away. The second straight qualifying positions were closed by Italy’s Enea “La Bestia” Bastianini (Ducati Desmosedici GP21) and Spain’s Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), meaning a maximum of five bikes from Borgo Panigale. the manufacturer was among the top ten in the table. Joan Mir (Suzuki GSX RR), who has just recovered from a right foot injury, recovered from the morning to twelfth, with Alex Márquez (Honda RC 213 V) fourteenth and Suzuki teammate Alex Rins sixteenth.

Dixon sets the standard in Moto 2

British Jake Dixon (Kalex) was responsible for setting the tone at the end of the first day of Moto2 free practice at Phillip Island, while world leader Spaniard Augusto Fernández (Kalex) defended himself quite well and his most direct opponent in the title fight. , Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex) had a hard time finding a good rhythm. Dixon placed his best in 1:33,767 ahead of Spaniards Fermín Aldeguer and Alonso López, on the Boscoscuro trails, Augusto Fernández in seventh place and Ai Ogura far behind in seventeenth, more than 1.3 seconds behind Briton and 1.1. seconds behind the championship leader.

Finally No one can beat Jake Dixon’s recordAlthough the two Boscoscuro riders came a little closer, he was the only one to lap in 1:33, followed by American Joe Roberts (Kalex), British Sam Lowes and Spaniards Arón Canet and Augusto Fernández.

Some riders had trouble starting the session, as in the case of Spain’s Albert Arenas (Kalex), who was forced to wait for a “significant” time due to technical problems with his motorcycle’s front brake. he had to give up again to figure out his mechanics and apparently after solving it. After overcoming all the technical problems, Czech Filip Salac managed to make it to the track as one of the few who could not reduce their morning time, along with Italian Tony Arbolino, Dutch Bo Bendsneyder and Arón Canet. , all with Kalex.

Sasaki finished the day ahead of Suzuki in Moto 3

Japan’s Ayum Sasaki (Husqvarna) finished the first training day of the Moto3 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island as category leader after defeating compatriot Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda) and Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) for third place. situation. World-leading Spaniard Izan Guevara (GasGas) finished his first training day with the fourth-fastest time and ahead of his most direct opponents in Sunday’s race for the world title he could mathematically achieve.

The fastest in the morning session, Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) was also the fastest at the start of the second with a time of 1:45.702 in the morning and then 1:45.095. 1:39,773, although everything had to change in more than thirty minutes of practice still waiting to be played. These track conditions created many risky situations.With some scares and the hard work of all the teams on the workshop street, as played a part when Sergio García Dols (GasGas) pressed his hard shoulder to the “piano” as soon as the session started.

In the final part of the session, Japan’s Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) climbed to first place with a time of 1:37.797 and defeated his countryman Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda), who had ruled the front of the table until then. came third with Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM), one of the biggest entertainers of the day. World championship leader Izan Guevara (GasGas) finished in fourth place, just ahead of teammate Sergio García Dols, and sixth with Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda), his closest rival in the championship. race on sunday Mathematically I would give the world title to Spanish.