2018 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2018 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 October 2018
Official name	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:29.199 Fastest lap Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:29.632 on lap 10 Podium First Maverick Viñales Yamaha Second Andrea Iannone Suzuki Third Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Mattia Pasini Kalex Time 1:33.368 Fastest lap Rider Augusto Fernández Kalex Time 1:33.715 on lap 11 Podium First Brad Binder KTM Second Joan Mir Kalex Third Xavi Vierge Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 1:36.591 Fastest lap Rider Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda Time 1:36.826 on lap 4 Podium First Albert Arenas KTM Second Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Third Celestino Vietti KTM

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	40:51.081	2	25
2	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	27	+1.543	4	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+1.832	9	16
4	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+4.072	12	13
5	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	27	+5.017	5	11
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+5.132	7	10
7	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+6.756	6	9
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+21.805	15	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+22.904	19	7
10	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+22.940	16	6
11	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	27	+34.386	13	5
12	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+35.025	8	4
13	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+36.348	22	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	27	+36.389	14	2
15	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	+44.214	17	1
16	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+48.226	20
17	81	Jordi Torres	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	+1:04.965	21
18	7	Mike Jones	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	27	+1:19.817	23
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	Rear Tyre Wear	11
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	18	Accident	10
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	Accident	18
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	5	Collision Damage	1
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	5	Collision	3
DNS	35	Cal Crutchlow	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	KTM	25	39:23.427	5	25
2	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	25	+0.036	14	20
3	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+0.949	3	16
4	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+0.957	13	13
5	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	25	+1.767	7	11
6	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	25	+2.482	4	10
7	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	25	+3.759	9	9
8	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	25	+4.850	10	8
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+6.250	2	7
10	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	25	+7.453	6	6
11	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	25	+8.675	19	5
12	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	25	+9.725	16	4
13	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	25	+9.787	20	3
14	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	25	+11.209	18	2
15	57	Edgar Pons	Speed Up	25	+14.076	21	1
16	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	25	+15.350	22
17	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	25	+15.396	25
18	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	25	+23.230	23
19	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	25	+33.736	24
20	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	25	+42.324	17
21	67	Bryan Staring	Tech 3	25	+52.297	26
22	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+1:03.888	11
Ret	18	Xavier Cardelús	Kalex	14	Ankle Pain	30
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	13	Accident Damage	15
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	8	Accident	12
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	6	Accident	8
Ret	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	6	Mechanical	28
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	4	Accident	27
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Suter	4	Shoulder Pain	29
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	1	Accident	1
DNS	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter		Did not start
DNS	66	Niki Tuuli	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	KTM	23	37:48.073	11	25
2	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	23	+0.052	17	20
3	31	Celestino Vietti	KTM	23	+0.059	21	16
4	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	23	+0.081	23	13
5	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	23	+0.099	1	11
6	44	Arón Canet	Honda	23	+0.154	10	10
7	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	23	+0.188	13	9
8	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	23	+0.235	14	8
9	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	23	+0.328	4	7
10	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	23	+0.406	3	6
11	72	Alonso López	Honda	23	+0.575	16	5
12	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	23	+0.889	2	4
13	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+0.987	26	3
14	17	John McPhee	KTM	23	+0.989	18	2
15	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	23	+2.148	6	1
16	55	Yari Montella	Honda	23	+34.700	22
17	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+34.969	24
18	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	23	+39.367	25
19	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	23	+48.054	12
20	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	23	+48.970	27[N 1]
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	21	Collision	7
Ret	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	21	Collision	9
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	13	Collision	8
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	13	Collision	19
Ret	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	12	Accident	20
Ret	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	10	Collision	15
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	10	Collision	5
DNS	22	Kazuki Masaki	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 Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 296 2 Andrea Dovizioso 210 3 Valentino Rossi 195 4 Maverick Viñales 180 5 Cal Crutchlow 148 6 Danilo Petrucci 137 7 Johann Zarco 133 8 Andrea Iannone 133 9 Jorge Lorenzo 130 10 Álex Rins 129

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 288 2 Miguel Oliveira 252 3 Brad Binder 193 4 Lorenzo Baldassarri 152 5 Joan Mir 149 6 Álex Márquez 148 7 Marcel Schrötter 131 8 Xavi Vierge 126 9 Luca Marini 122 10 Fabio Quartararo 117

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 215 2 Marco Bezzecchi 203 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio 195 4 Enea Bastianini 150 5 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 131 6 Arón Canet 128 7 Gabriel Rodrigo 116 8 Jakub Kornfeil 115 9 Albert Arenas 94 10 Marcos Ramírez 90

Notes

1. 6-place grid penalty.

References

1. "2018 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.