![]() Of course Bagnaia wanted to win the race but he hadn’t been too bothered since slightly before half-distance when his crew signalled to him that Quartararo was out. “I said, ‘OK, a win is perfect, but it doesn’t matter, just finish the race'” Pecco Bagnaia Rins made move after audacious move into the Turn 2 left-hander, each set up by abusing his rear tyre out of the Turn 1 right, because wear on the right side of the tyres isn’t a concern at anti-clockwise PI.īagnaia led into the final lap, Rins gassing it up the outside of the Ducati exiting Turn 1 to attack on the inside into Turn 2, which pushed his Italian rival slightly wide, allowing Márquez to nip through on the inside to take second. Meanwhile Pecco Bagnaia took the chequered flag four-hundredths of a second behind Márquez to take the championship lead for the first time after his title opponents all had disasters, most importantly long-time points leader Fabio Quartararo, who crashed out, and Aleix Espargaró, whose Aprilia had another ‘computer-says-no’ moment.Ī trio of shoeys on the podium – Márquez, Rins and Bagnaia had all enjoyed the race that much ![]() It was the victory which many believe Andrea Iannone should’ve achieved on the GSX-RR in the 2018 Australian GP. The 26-year-old Spaniard used his bike’s tyre-saving character and corner-speed advantage through Phillip Island’s fabulous fast and flowing curves to beat comeback hero Marc Márquez by less than two-tenths of a second. Álex Rins knew this was his time, his first chance in two years to make the most of the GSX-RR’s strong points to take his fourth MotoGP victory. This was perfect timing too – just three weeks before Suzuki parks its GSX-RRs for the last time and closes the doors on its MotoGP project. So it was no coincidence that Suzuki’s GSX-RR, which is so good at saving its tyres, came out on top on Sunday. ![]() The first Australian Grand Prix since 2019 was the first real tyre-management race since the start of the following year, when Michelin introduced its longer-lasting rear slick. Once again, Phillip Island served up an awesome, ticking timebomb of a race, with the leaders swapping places throughout but really only waiting for the final few laps – time to pull the pin and unleash hell. ![]()
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