2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australia  2018 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date28 October 2018
Official nameMichelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:29.199
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Time 1:29.632 on lap 10
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Second Italy Andrea Iannone Suzuki
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex
Time 1:33.368
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex
Time 1:33.715 on lap 11
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Spain Joan Mir Kalex
Third Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:36.591
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda
Time 1:36.826 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Albert Arenas KTM
Second Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda
Third Italy Celestino Vietti KTM

The 2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 28 October 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 40:51.081 2 25
2 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +1.543 4 20
3 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +1.832 9 16
4 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ducati Team Ducati 27 +4.072 12 13
5 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +5.017 5 11
6 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +5.132 7 10
7 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +6.756 6 9
8 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +21.805 15 8
9 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +22.904 19 7
10 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +22.940 16 6
11 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 27 +34.386 13 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +35.025 8 4
13 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +36.348 22 3
14 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +36.389 14 2
15 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +44.214 17 1
16 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +48.226 20
17 81 Spain Jordi Torres Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +1:04.965 21
18 7 Australia Mike Jones Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 27 +1:19.817 23
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 Rear Tyre Wear 11
Ret 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 18 Accident 10
Ret 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 Accident 18
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 Collision Damage 1
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 5 Collision 3
DNS 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda Did not start
Sources:[1][2][3]
  • Cal Crutchlow suffered a broken ankle in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 25 39:23.427 5 25
2 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 25 +0.036 14 20
3 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 25 +0.949 3 16
4 40 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 25 +0.957 13 13
5 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 25 +1.767 7 11
6 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter KTM 25 +2.482 4 10
7 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 25 +3.759 9 9
8 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +4.850 10 8
9 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +6.250 2 7
10 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 25 +7.453 6 6
11 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 25 +8.675 19 5
12 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25 +9.725 16 4
13 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +9.787 20 3
14 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 25 +11.209 18 2
15 57 Spain Edgar Pons Speed Up 25 +14.076 21 1
16 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 25 +15.350 22
17 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 25 +15.396 25
18 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 25 +23.230 23
19 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 25 +33.736 24
20 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 25 +42.324 17
21 67 Australia Bryan Staring Tech 3 25 +52.297 26
22 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +1:03.888 11
Ret 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús Kalex 14 Ankle Pain 30
Ret 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 13 Accident Damage 15
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 8 Accident 12
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 6 Accident 8
Ret 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 6 Mechanical 28
Ret 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 4 Accident 27
Ret 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Suter 4 Shoulder Pain 29
Ret 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 1 Accident 1
DNS 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Suter Did not start
DNS 66 Finland Niki Tuuli Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
  • Stefano Manzi suffered a wrist injury in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 23 37:48.073 11 25
2 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 23 +0.052 17 20
3 31 Italy Celestino Vietti KTM 23 +0.059 21 16
4 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 23 +0.081 23 13
5 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 23 +0.099 1 11
6 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 23 +0.154 10 10
7 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 23 +0.188 13 9
8 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 23 +0.235 14 8
9 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 23 +0.328 4 7
10 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 23 +0.406 3 6
11 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 23 +0.575 16 5
12 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 23 +0.889 2 4
13 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 23 +0.987 26 3
14 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 23 +0.989 18 2
15 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 23 +2.148 6 1
16 55 Italy Yari Montella Honda 23 +34.700 22
17 81 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +34.969 24
18 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 23 +39.367 25
19 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 23 +48.054 12
20 77 Spain Vicente Pérez KTM 23 +48.970 27[N 1]
Ret 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 21 Collision 7
Ret 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 21 Collision 9
Ret 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 13 Collision 8
Ret 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 13 Collision 19
Ret 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 12 Accident 20
Ret 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 10 Collision 15
Ret 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 10 Collision 5
DNS 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
  • Kazuki Masaki suffered a broken left hand in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Notes

  1. ^ 6-place grid penalty.

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.


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