Marquez tops incident-packed opening practice for Australian MotoGP
Marquez edged Raul Fernandez by 0.048 seconds as Jack Miller, Iker Lecuona and Fernandez crashed in a session shaped by rain-affected tire strategy.
- On Friday, Ducati rider Marc Marquez topped the timesheets at Phillip Island, clocking a 1min 27.985sec lap to finish 0.048s ahead of defending Australian MotoGP winner Raul Fernandez.
- Home hero Jack Miller crashed at Turn 1 after briefly taking the top spot with fresh tyres, while Fernandez skidded off at Turn 7 and barrel-rolled across the gravel mid-session.
- Championship leader Jorge Martin finished seventh, remaining within half a second of Marquez, while KTM rider Brad Binder suffered a major engine failure on the main straight with white smoke billowing from his bike.
- Forecasters predict up to 15–30mm of rain on Sunday, affecting the grand prix, while Friday afternoon's practice session determines which ten riders gain direct access to Qualifying 2.
- This weekend marks the final MotoGP at Phillip Island before the race moves to Adelaide next year, with Senna Agius set to replace Miller on the grid in the premier class.
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Redacción deportes, 23 Oct (EFE).- The Spaniard Marc Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP26) became the leader of the first round of free trainings of the MotoGP Grand Prix of Australia, on the Phillip Island circuit, in the last round he starred in. The nine-time world champion of motorcycling, who had not filmed in [...] La entrada El español Marc Márquez leader of the free batch in the last round was first published in HolaNews.
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Marquez tops incident-packed opening practice for Australian MotoGP
World champion Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in an incident-packed first practice at the Australian MotoGP on Friday ahead of Raul Fernandez and Jack Miller who both took nasty tumbles.
Marc Marquez was the fastest in FP1 of the 2026 Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island with a time of 1 minute 27.985 seconds.
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