ALL is in readiness for a big day of practice for the Guru by Gryfyn Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the spectacular Phillip Island GP Circuit.
There are seven sessions of on-track action, starting at 9am, and the weather for the day could hardly be better, “partly cloudy” with daytime temperatures ranging between 24 degrees and 29 degrees.
There is the chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening but there will be light winds through the day, turning from the northwest to northeasterly at 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then tending east to northeasterly in the evening.
Likely to attract a lot of interest across the weekend is Australia’s Jack Miller of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, not without a chance of at least a podium finish at his home GP.
The Friday schedule is as follows:
- 09:00-09:35 Moto3 Practice
- 09:50-10:30 Moto2 Practice
- 10:45-11:30 MotoGP Free Practice
- 11:40-13:10MotoGP ‘Best of’
- 13:15-13:50Moto3 Practice
- 14:05-14:45Moto2 Practice
- 15:00-16:20MotoGP Practice
The MotoGP standings at present are as follows:
#1 Francesco Bagnaia 346
#89 Jorge Martin 328
#72 Marco Bezzecchi 283
#33 Brad Binder 211
#41 Aleix Espargaró 177
#12 Maverick Viñales 165
#5 Johann Zarco 162
#10 Luca Marini 144
#43 Jack Miller 135
#20 Fabio Quartararo 132