MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 17 / OCTOBER 25-27, 2019
PHILLIP ISL AND CIRCUIT / PHILLIP ISL AND, AUSTRALIA
P68
Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM)
did not start, suffering hand injuries
from his session-stopping Saturday
crash; Kallio and Rabat retired.
Marquez's 375 points make him
invulnerable; the next positions
are still open, with Dovizioso 240,
Rins 183, Vinales 176, Petrucci
169 and Quartararo 163. Honda
has already won the Construc-
tors crown; the game is on for the
Teams Championship.
Moto2
Ill-favored at other tracks, the
steel trellis-framed KTMs were
rampant at rhythmic Phillip Island,
with Brad Binder taking his third
win of the year, leading from start
to finish.
He and Red Bull KTM team-
mate Jorge Martin, a class rookie,
were on the front row alongside
pole starter Jorge Navarro (Beta
Pol Espargaro, who salvaged
KTM's honor by a 10th over former
Red Bull KTM teammate Zarco, in
an impressive first Honda ride.
Miles behind, the last points
went to the battling Karel Abraham
(Reale Avintia Ducati) and Hafizh
Syahrin (Red Bull KTM); with the
increasingly embarrassing Jorge
Lorenzo's Repsol Honda 16th and
last, another 20 seconds away.
IIIMY OWN RACE:
46 VALENTINO ROSSI
7TH MOTOGP
"It was a great start and a very good
way to celebrate my 400th Grand Prix,
being able to be in front for a bit,"
said Valen no Rossi. "In the end, the
race result for sure isn't fantas c, but I
was not so far behind Jack Miller, who
arrived on the podium, and I was able
to ride in a be er way and was more
compe ve compared to the previous
weekend. Anyway, we need more, and
we need to be stronger. We need to
work, and we'll see. Racing at the Phil-
lip Island track is always great, but in
the end, it was a hard ba le."
Johann Zarco adapted well to
the Honda and leads former KTM
teammate Pol Espargaro.
Miller did his chances of getting a
future factory Ducati ride no harm at
all by taking the home podium, and
here gets a hug from Ducati MotoGP
boss Gigi Dall'Igna.
