Albert Arenas arenas won an incredibly close Moto3 Australian Grand Prix as the title battle was blown open behind him after Marco Bezzecchi was taken out again, with Martin fifth.
Mattia Pasini claimed pole position in qualifying for the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix, while Francesco Bagnaia starts 16th with Miguel Oliveira an even more distant 20th.
Jorge Martin’s final run propelled him to pole as title rival Marco Bezzecchi faltered in fifteenth ahead of the crucial Moto3 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
Alvaro Bautista stands in for Jorge Lorenzo at the factory Ducati squad, with Mike Jones taking up Bautista’s spot at the Angel Nieto Racing Ducati squad as a replacement rider for this weekend.
Kevin Magnussen has hit back at the lack of overtaking digs at the 2018 Formula 1 opener in Australia by explaining it is likely to be circuit-dependent and predicts better action in Bahrain.
"My realistic options are the NW200 and the Isle Of Man TT, maybe doing the Suzuka 8 hour and also riding in a three round Chinese championship." - Josh Brookes
Revised starting order for the opening round of the 2015 F1 world championship in Melbourne, following the enforced withdrawal of Williams' Valtteri Bottas.