Moto 28-10-18

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Perth.Western Australia.

2018 Michelin Australian MotoGp

Sunday 28/10/18

Phillip Island .Victoria.Australia.

These images were shot of the Aussie Superbikes ,the 300 classes,and the Motogp,Moto 2 and Moto 3 on Sunday's racing at the Aussie Motogp .

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Pos	Pts	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time	KMH	Gap
1.	25	25 Maverick Vinales	SPA	Moviestar Yamaha Motogp	Yamaha	40’51.081	176.3
2.	20	29 Andrea Iannone	ITA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	40’52.624	176.2	1.543
3.	18	4 Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	40’52.913	176.2	1.832
4.	13	19 Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati	40’55.153	176.0	4.072
5.	11	42 Alex Rins	SPA	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	40’56.098	176.0	5.017
6.	10	46 Valentino Rossi	ITA	Moviestar Yamaha Motogp	Yamaha	40’56.213	176.0	5.132
7.	9	43 Jack Miller	AUS	Almar Pramac Racing	Ducati	40’57.837	175.9	6.756
8.	8	21 Franco Morbidelli	ITA	EG. O.O Marc VDS	Honda	41’12.886	174.8	21.805
9.	7	41 Aleix Esparago	SPA	Aprilla Racing Team Gresini	Aprilla	41’13.985	174.7	22.904
10.	6	38 Bradley Smith	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	41’14.021	174.7	22.940
11.	5	17 Karel Abraham	CZE	Angel Nieto Team	Ducati	41’25.467	173.9	34.386
12.	4	9 Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Alma Pramc Racing	Ducati	41’26.106	173.9	35.025
13.	3	45 Scott Redding	GBR	Aprilla Racing Team Gresini	Aprilla	41’27.429	173.8	36.348
14.	2	30 Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	41’27.470	173.8	36.348
15.	1	10 Xavier Simeon	BEL	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	41’36.295	173.2	44.214
16.	0	12 Thomas Luthi	SWI	EG O,O Marc VDS	Honda	41’39.307	172.9	48.226
17.	0	81 Jordi Torres	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	41’56.046	171.8	1’04.965
18.	0	7 Mike Jones	AUS	Angel Nieto Team	Ducati	42’10.898	170.8	1’19.817
		Not Classified
		44 Pol Espargaro	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	33’39.100	174.4	5 Laps
		55 Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27’22.361	175.4	9 Laps
		26 Dani Pedosa	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	16’57.082	173.1	16 Laps
		93 Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	7’41.377	173.1	22 Laps
		5 Johan Zarco	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	7’42.395	173.1	22 Laps

		Moto 2 Race
1.	25	41 Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	39’23.427	169.3
2.	20	36 Joan Mir	SPA	EG O,O Marc VDS	Kalex	39’23.463	169.3	0.036
3.	18	97 Xavi Viege	SPA	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	39’24.376	169.3	0.949
4.	13	40 Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Pons HP 40	Kalex	39’24.384	169.3	0.957
5.	11	10 Luca Marini	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR 46	Kalex	39’25.194	169.2	1.767
6.	10	77 Dominique Aegerter	SWI	Kiefer Racing	KTM	39’25.909	169.2	2.482
7.	9	73 Alex Marquez	SPA	EG 0.0 Marc VDS	Kalex	39’27.186	169.1	3.759
8.	8	2 Jesko Raffin	SWI	SAG Team	Kalex	39’28.277	169.0	4.850
9.	7	23 Marcel Schrotter	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	39’29.677	169.0	6.250
10.	6	20 Fabio Quartararo	FRA	MB Conveyors – Speed Up	Speed Up	39’30.880	168.8	7.453
11.	5	44 Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	39’32.102	168.7	8.675
12	4	42 Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR 46	Kalex	39’33.152	168.6	9.725
13.	3	45 Tetsuta Nagashima	JPN	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	39’33.214	168.6	9.787
14.	2	22 Sam Lowes	GBR	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	39’34.636	168.5	11.209
15.	1	57 Egar Pons	SPA	MB Conveyors – Speed Up	Speed Up	39’37.503	168.3	14.076
16.	0	89 Khairul Idham Pawi	MAL	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	39’38.777	168.2	15.350
17.	0	4 Steven Odendaal	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	39’38.823	168.2	15.396
18.	0	16 Joe Roberts	USA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	39’46.657	167.7	23.230
19.	0	24 Simone Corsi	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto 2	Kalex	39’57.163	166.9	33.736
20.	0	5 Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	40’05.751	166.4	42.324
21.	0	67 Bryan Staring	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech3	40’15	165.7	52.297
22.	0	7 Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	Pon HP 40	Kalex	40’27.315	164.9	1’03.888
		Not Classified
		18 Xavi Cardelus	AND	Marinelli Snipers Team	Kalex	22’45.876	164.1	11 Laps
		87 Remi Gardner	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	21’04112	164.6	11 Laps
		9 Jorge Navarro	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto 2	Kalex	12’45.864	167.2	12 Laps
		27 Iker Lecuona	SPA	Swiss Inovative Investors	KTM	9’31.803	168.0	17 Laps
		21 Federico Fuligni	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto 2	Kalex	9’46.258	163.8	19 Laps
		95 Jules Danilo	FRA	Nashi Argan SAG Team	Kalex	6’31.069	163.7	21 Laps
		32 Issac Vinales	SPA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	6’34.746	162.2	21 Laps
		54 Mattia Pasini	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	1’40.871	158.7	24 Laps

		Moto 3 Race.
1.	25	Albert Arenas	SPA	Angel Nieto Team Moto 3	KTM	37’40.073	162.3
2.	20	21 Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Del Conca Gresini Moto 3	Honda	37’48.125	162.3	0.052
3.	16	31 Celestino Vietti	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR 46	KTM	37’48.132	162.3	0.059
4.	13	24 Tatsuki Suzuki	JPN	SIC58 Squandra Corse	Honda	37’48.154	162.3	0.081
5.	11	88 Jorge Martin	SPA	Del Conca Gresini Moto 3	Honda	37’48.172	162.3	0.099
6.	10	44 Aron Canet	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	37.48.227	162.3	0.154
7.	9	7 Adam Norrodin	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	37.48.261	162.3	0.188
8.	8	33 Enea Bastianni	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	37’48.308	162.3	0.235
9.	7	84 Jakub Kornfeil	CZE	Redox PtuestelGp	KTM	37’48.401	162.3	0.328
10.	6	71 Ayumu Sasakl	JPN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	37’48.479	162.3	0.406
11.	5	72 Alonso Lopez	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	37’48.648	162.3	0.575
12.	4	40 Darryn Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	37’48.962	162.3	0.889
13.	3	16 Andrea Migno	ITA	Angel Nieto Team Moto 3	KTM	37’49.060	162.3	0.987
14.	2	17 John McPhee	GBR	CIP- Green Power	KTM	37’49.062	162.3	0.989
15.	1	65 Philipp Oettl	GER	Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing	KTM	37’50.221	162.3	2.148
16.	0	55 Yari Montella	ITA	SIC58 Squandra Corse	Honda	38’22773	159.9	34.700
17.	0	81 Stefano Nepa	ITA	CIP-Green Power	KTM	38’23.042	159.9	34.969
18.	0	41 Nakarin Atiratphuvap	THA	Honda Team Asia	Honda	38’27.440	159.6	39.367
19.	0	27 Kaito Toba	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	38’36.127	159.0	48.054
20.	0	77 Vicente Perez	SPA	Realr Avintia Academy 77	KTM	38’37.043	158.0	48.970

		Not Classified
		14 Tony Arbolino	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Honda	34’28.942	162.5	2 Laps
		10 Dennis Goggia	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR 46	KTM	34’29.135	162.5	2 Laps
		42 Marcos Ramirez	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	21’20.596	162.5	10 Laps
		5 Jaume Masia	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	21’20.906	162.5	10 Laps
		48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	19’41.389	162.6	11 Laps
		12 Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	16’24.562	162.6	13 Laps
		19 Gabriel Rodrigo	ARG	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	16’25.344	162.5	13 Laps

This day the track at Phillip Island was dry with an air temperature of 13’c and a track temperature of 32’c the 23 riders came out and lined up on the grid for the start of the round 17 Motogp race.,The front row had Honda rider Marc Marquez on pole with Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales next then Yamaha rider Johann Zarco completing the front row with Aussie rider Jack Miller on the second row .When the lights went out it was Ducati rider Aussie Jack Miller that rode on to take the lead in the 1st lap and was being pursued by Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez and Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone ,as the laps started to drop off it was Marc Marquez that headed the pack with Anrea Dovizioso pushing hard ,then at the start of lap 5 Honda rider Marc Marquez and Yamaha rider Johann Zarco came together at high speed down Gardiner straight ,the results being the Johann Zarco came off with Marquez entering the pits to retire ,the top step on the podium was now open with Ducati rider Dovizioso leading the way with Moviestar Yamaha Maverick Vinales in pursiut ,after a few laps it Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales who gained the lead and for the next 21 laps fought off challenges from Valentino Rossi ,Andrea Iannone ,Andrea Dovizioso and went on to take the flag at the 2018 Australian Motogp with Suzuki rider Iannone taking second with Ducati rider Andrea Dozioso getting third.

The 30 riders from Moto 2 came out on the grid with the front riders Mattai Pasini on pole ,next was Marcel Schrotter with Xavi Vierge completing the front row .When the flag dropped it was Spanish rider Xavi Vierge who took off and led the Moto2 for the first time around the 4.448 km track ,then after 2 laps it was Red Bull rider Brad Binder who overtook him and for the next 9 laps Binder had the lead then on the 12^th lap it was Spanish rider Xavi Vierge who was now leading the pack till lap 19 where Pons rider Lorenzo Baldassari passed him and took the lead and led the riders around for 3 laps before he became unstuck and dropped to the back of the group,then Xavi Vierge who was racing Binder and Joan Mir took the led again until Red Bull KTM rider Brad Binder pounced with a 2 laps to go and went on to win by .036 sec from Joan MIR ,with a steady ride from Joan Mir that took the second step on the podium with Xavi Vierge getting third spot.

In the Moto 3 championship the champoinship is still undecided as there’s 3 riders that can stand on the top step of the podium at Season’s end ,Jorge Martin on 204 points ,Marco Bezzecchi on 203 points and Fabi Di Giannantonio 175 points ,so with 3 rounds to run and 75 points up for grabs every point is going to count so they’ll be looking at finishing each race and geting on the podium. 27 riders came out for the start of the Moto 3 race here at Phillip Island to start the 23 laps of the 4.448 km track ,The track was Dry with an air temp of 14’c and a track temp of 31’c .Lining up on the front row was Gresini Honda rider Jorge Martin ,Red Bull rider Darryn Binder and Estrella Honda rider Ayumu Sasaki completing the front row .When the lights went out the riders took off down Gardiner straight and the battle was starting to develop between Jorge Martin,Gabriel Rodrigo and Darryn Binder who were fighting for the lead ,but as the laps went by the lead changed many times .With 6 laps to go there was still no clear leader ,was it going to be Estrella rider Aron Canet ,or SIC58 rider Tatsuki Suzuki ,Del Conca Gresini rider Jorge Martin ,with every lap came another challenger but 23 came up it was Angel Nito rider Albert Arenas who was leading and went on to take the chequered flag by .052 of sec with Del Conca Gresini rider Fabio Giannantonio coming in 0.059 of a sec infront of SKY Racing 46 rider Celestino Vietti ,there was only 0.099 of a sec between the top 5 placings ,pretty good racing after 23 laps around Phillip Island.

Round 17 Race Points.