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MotoGP Australian GP: Bezzecchi leads Aprilia 1-2-4-5 in Friday Practice

  • On Friday, Marco Bezzecchi topped Practice for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island with a 1m26.775s lap, edging Trackhouse Aprilia's Raul Fernandez by just under a tenth of a second.
  • Two separate incidents forced race control to halt the 60-minute session twice. Bezzecchi crashed at Turn 4 early, while a wallaby wandering onto the circuit caused a second red flag nine minutes later.
  • Marc Marquez finished third as the leading Ducati, while championship leader Jorge Martin ended the day fifth. Pecco Bagnaia struggled to 14th, missing the direct qualification spots.
  • Factory Honda rider Luca Marini withdrew from the event due to a virus, leaving his team without a factory representative during Practice. Diogo Moreira managed ninth place as Honda's top runner.
  • Officials will re-evaluate Marini's condition on Saturday to determine his participation for the remainder of the Phillip Island weekend. Teams and riders now prepare for qualifying sessions ahead.
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A charming and bouncy visitor, who immediately attracts attention with his long jumps and cute appearance, overshadowed the second free practice of the MotoGP class before the Australian Grand Prix. It was a Wallaby, a smaller species of kangaroo, which has historically been known to cause trouble at Phillip Island. This time, in the middle of the second practice, he ventured onto the track. He was spotted in time and the red flag was raised to …

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Redacción deportes, 23 Oct (EFE).- The Spaniard Adrián Huertas (Kalex) has surprised all his rivals by leading the first free workouts of the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix, on the Phillip Island circuit, for just 25 thousandths of a second over his team-mate Daniel Muñoz. Huertas marked a better time of 1:30,393, [...] La entrada El español Adrián Huertas amazes his rivals by leading the first free was first published in HolaNews.

Marco Bezzecchi recovered after a fall and signed the best time of the Trials in Phillip Island....

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GPone.com broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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