We’ve had to wait 3 years for Phillip Island and it was well worth the wait. Alex Rins wins an incredible Australian Grand Prix from Marc Marquez in 2nd & Pecco Bagnaia in 3rd place.
There has also been a massive swing in the title fight as Pecco Bagnaia leads the championship now by 14 points after Fabio Quartararo crashed out.
Where do you start with that one? It was more like a moto3 race with the amount of overtakes. There was early drama with Fabio Quartararo as he had a moment on the entry of the newly named Miller Corner and had to go straight on into the grass and dropped all the way back to 22nd and his race was compounded by the crash at Turn 3 as he was in 15th place. A disaster for the World Championship, he will need something truly special to catch Pecco Bagnaia now.
The pace of the race was much slower than expected as the riders had to manage their tyres and that was the key for the overtakes we got, Marc Marquez was battling with Bagnaia & Martin in the first phase of the race and then Alex Rins came through from 10th to get involved and also Marco Bezzecchi joined the fight for the lead.
But it was a bad day for Jack Miller as his title hopes ended as he got wiped out by Alex Marquez at his own corner, thankfully both riders are ok But not the ending Jack would have wanted for his home race.
The race developed into a 5 way fight and everything changed for Pecco Bagnaia when he seen on his board that Quartararo was out. He didn’t want to risk making a mistake and losing the championship that he now has, however two riders that aren’t in the title fight, Alex Rins and Marc Marquez duelled it out for Victory and Marquez just couldn’t find a way past Rins on the last lap.
It is special for Rins and Suzuki to take this win as we know they are leaving the sport at the end of the season, so to see them win possibly their last race in MotoGP was just brilliant.
Phillip Island is an old school track and it has always been my favourite race on the calendar and it showed today why it is the best circuit in the world, it was a race that you couldn’t take Your eyes off from start to finish.
We move on to Malaysia where the title could be settled, but in 2022 anything can happen as we have seen it change so much this season.
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MM93 GO GO
That reminded me of 2015..GREAT race man
Best weekend ever at Phillip Island, even got Marc jumping into the crowd, was very special. So happy for Suzuki! 💙🇦🇺
MM93 nearly won with his 100th podium; incredible effort using a soft rear tyre; his team wanted him to use a harder tyre but Marc is terrified of losing the rear and high-siding, so he insisted on the soft option.
I stayed up to watch it and so glad I did. I do feel gutted for Fabio as he fell off at the same corner as Someone in the Moto2 race. Looks to be a bump at that corner.
Marc is back. Good luck 2023.
The best race of the year when the first 7 are covered by a second
The best race of the year when the first 7 are covered by a second
It sure was a belter.
Worth the wait
This is why Phillip Island greatest track on the calendar
That Rins/Marquez battle was awesome. Rins, on days like this is untouchable and good to see Marquez is most definitely back to his battling best, the rest of the paddock have now been put on notice for next season, he wants that 9th title.
What a fucking race! it reminded me of 2015 and 2017 at Phillip island, it was tense watching it, we need 20 races in Australia 🤣🤣
Lesson for today..take away ride height devices.
Only when Marquez is involved the best races of the year happen 🤣
The best race of the year…. Amazing battle for the 1st place… even some Ducatis threating Pecco’s position.
Deserved 1st position of the championship for Pecco & Ducati
why I love MotoGP. what a FUCKING RACE
Phillip Island was a true display of how close these guys actually are. With a few laps to go the race could have gone to anyone in that top 10. Crazy stuff
Marc was really superb. I really love the race. I didn't like the way Benzecci was defending Pecco from Marc and rins. I hate that. But at the end, my man Marc left 6 ducatis behind him 😊
Best race in years imo.
Best race hands down, if this is what we could have without ride height devices be rid of them.
Rins was 13th on lap 1,Mir was the fast Suzuki ,up to 7th,until FQ20 ballzed up,from where from there he went backwards,as Rins cut his way through the pack!
It was awesome watching Marc get back to doing what he does. You could see he was sitting back holding on to his rear tire tmfoe the last couple of laps. Always making sure he was 2nd to give himself the best chance at winning. Also the change up in championship leaders and how that took quite a drastic change. Amazing race weekend for sure
It was almost boring without Marc. Great to see him back.
Marco Bezzechi is the champ of the race for me.
From the moment Fabio announced that he’s taking a “break” from social media I realized how mentally weak he is… similar with Pecco, they worry too much about what the fans and media say and let it get to their heads lol. This was never Marc’s, Vale’s, Casey’s, Jorge’s problem. And truth be told Pecco and Fabio are lucky Marc hasn’t been riding like this all season…
Nobody gonna say anything about Yamaha team orders???????????? 😂
The boys are late with their podcast, again?
Has three shoies ever been seen on a Moto GP podium before? I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it, made me laugh.
If you ever get the chance to ride the Phillip Island circuit, do it. In fact go out of your way to do it. Probably the best time I've ever had on a motorbike. I even took my GF on the back for two laps with us getting clocked at 230 on the radar gun on the main straight. I asked how she liked it, she replied, I don't know, I had my eyes closed the entire time.