MotoGP Australia - Race Results
Cal Crutchlow has won the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Islaꦺnd - his second victory of the season, but first in the ♛dry - after holding off Valentino Rossi, who charged from 15th on the grid to second place.
Maverick Vinales claimed the final podium place, 𒐪from 13th on grid, after wi✅nning a battle with Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Dovizioso. Espargaro fell in the closing stages.
Pole sitter and newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez has swiftly pulled a comfortable lead - only to lose the front and fall just before the midwayไ stage.
Marquez falls from the lead! -- wuqꦇian0821.com MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
Nicky Hayden was making his second MotoGP appearance of the season - this 🤪time returning to the Repsol Honda team with which he won the 2006 world championsꦫhip, as a replacement for the injured Dani Pedrosa. Hayden fell after contact with Jack Miller late in the race.
Hector Barbera was riding for the f💧actory Ducati team in place of the injured Andrea Iannone for the second week in succession, with 2015 Australian SBK champion Mike Jones in-turn keeping the Avintia seat for his homeꦇ race...
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s i🔜njury issues.
