Moto GP: Championship leader Jorge Martin has set the standard with a lap time to put him on pole position for the Australian GP.
Jorge Martin extended his MotoGP world championship lead to 16 points by leading the Australia n Motorcycle Grand Prix sprint race from start to finish on Saturday, the Pramac Ducati rider dominating from pole position in a crash-strewn 13-lap race at Phillip Island.The Spaniard, who took pole for the third year in succession in Australia earlier on Saturday, led from the start and was never troubled to take the chequered flag 1.
Vinales had just overtaken Bezzecchi for fifth place when the Italian’s Ducati speared into the Spaniard’s Aprilia at the first corner, sending both riders skittling into the gravel trap. Marquez was Martin’s closest challenger in qualifying, but the three-time Australian Grand Prix winner ran wide at the first corner and dropped to eighth as Martin escaped, the Spaniard leading by over a second within just three laps.
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