2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |  Maverick Viñales
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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | 40:51.081 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 |  Andrea Iannone
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Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +1.543 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +1.832 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +4.072 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 42 | Álex Rins
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Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +5.017 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi
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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +5.132 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 43 |  Jack Miller
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Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +6.756 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli
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EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +21.805 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró
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Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +22.904 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 38 |  Bradley Smith
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +22.940 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 |  Karel Abraham
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Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 27 | +34.386 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci
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Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +35.025 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Scott Redding
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Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +36.348 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami
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LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +36.389 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 |  Xavier Siméon
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Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 27 | +44.214 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi
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EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +48.226 | 20 | |
| 17 | 81 | Jordi Torres
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Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 27 | +1:04.965 | 21 | |
| 18 | 7 | Mike Jones
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Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:19.817 | 23 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 22 | Rear Tyre Wear | 11 | |
| Ret | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 11 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 5 | Collision Damage | 1 | |
| Ret | 5 |  Johann Zarco
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 5 | Collision | 3 | |
| DNS | 35 | Cal Crutchlow
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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 |  Brad Binder
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KTM | 25 | 39:23.427 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir
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Kalex | 25 | +0.036 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 97 | Xavi Vierge
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Kalex | 25 | +0.949 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 40 | Augusto Fernández
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Kalex | 25 | +0.957 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Luca Marini
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Kalex | 25 | +1.767 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter
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KTM | 25 | +2.482 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 73 | Álex Márquez
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Kalex | 25 | +3.759 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | Jesko Raffin
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Kalex | 25 | +4.850 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 |  Marcel Schrötter
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Kalex | 25 | +6.250 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo
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Speed Up | 25 | +7.453 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira
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KTM | 25 | +8.675 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia
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Kalex | 25 | +9.725 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima
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Kalex | 25 | +9.787 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Sam Lowes
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KTM | 25 | +11.209 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Edgar Pons
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Speed Up | 25 | +14.076 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi
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Kalex | 25 | +15.350 | 22 | |
| 17 | 4 | Steven Odendaal
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NTS | 25 | +15.396 | 25 | |
| 18 | 16 |  Joe Roberts
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NTS | 25 | +23.230 | 23 | |
| 19 | 24 | Simone Corsi
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Kalex | 25 | +33.736 | 24 | |
| 20 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli
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Kalex | 25 | +42.324 | 17 | |
| 21 | 67 | Bryan Staring
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Tech 3 | 25 | +52.297 | 26 | |
| 22 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri
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Kalex | 25 | +1:03.888 | 11 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Xavi Cardelús
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Kalex | 14 | Ankle Pain | 30 | |
| Ret | 87 | Remy Gardner
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Tech 3 | 13 | Accident Damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro
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Kalex | 8 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona
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KTM | 6 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 21 | Federico Fuligni
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Kalex | 6 | Mechanical | 28 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo
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Kalex | 4 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales
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Suter | 4 | Shoulder Pain | 29 | |
| Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini
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Kalex | 1 | Accident | 1 | |
| DNS | 62 | Stefano Manzi
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Suter | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 66 |  Niki Tuuli
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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 | Albert Arenas
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KTM | 23 | 37:48.073 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio
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Honda | 23 | +0.052 | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | Celestino Vietti
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KTM | 23 | +0.059 | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki
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Honda | 23 | +0.081 | 23 | 13 |
| 5 | 88 | Jorge Martín
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Honda | 23 | +0.099 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Arón Canet
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Honda | 23 | +0.154 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Adam Norrodin
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Honda | 23 | +0.188 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 33 | Enea Bastianini
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Honda | 23 | +0.235 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil
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KTM | 23 | +0.328 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki
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Honda | 23 | +0.406 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 72 | Alonso López
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Honda | 23 | +0.575 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 40 | Darryn Binder
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KTM | 23 | +0.889 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Andrea Migno
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KTM | 23 | +0.987 | 26 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | John McPhee
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KTM | 23 | +0.989 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Philipp Öttl
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KTM | 23 | +2.148 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Yari Montella
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Honda | 23 | +34.700 | 22 | |
| 17 | 81 | Stefano Nepa
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KTM | 23 | +34.969 | 24 | |
| 18 | 41 |  Nakarin Atiratphuvapat
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Honda | 23 | +39.367 | 25 | |
| 19 | 27 | Kaito Toba
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Honda | 23 | +48.054 | 12 | |
| 20 | 77 | Vicente Pérez
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KTM | 23 | +48.970 | 27[N 1] | |
| Ret | 14 | Tony Arbolino
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Honda | 21 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 10 | Dennis Foggia
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KTM | 21 | Collision | 9 | |
| Ret | 42 | Marcos Ramírez
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KTM | 13 | Collision | 8 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jaume Masiá
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KTM | 13 | Collision | 19 | |
| Ret | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta
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Honda | 12 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi
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KTM | 10 | Collision | 15 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Gabriel Rodrigo
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KTM | 10 | Collision | 5 | |
| DNS | 22 | Kazuki Masaki
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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.
MotoGP
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Moto2
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Moto3
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Notes
- ^ 6-place grid penalty.
References
- ^ a b "2018 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.