Marquez shakes off Q2 crash to take pole in the wet at Phillip Island
Marc Marquez crashed three minutes into Q2 at Phillip Island, rode the damaged bike down the service lane, switched to his spare Ducati and took pole with 1m34.203s, 1.493s clear of brother Alex Marquez. It was his fourth pole of the year, with Johann Zarco third.

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A pole position em um Phillip Island encharcado ficou com Marc Marquez, apesar de uma queda três minutos depois do início da Q2 que o deixou sem volta cronometrada. O piloto da Ducati desceu pelo caminho de serviço com a moto avariada, pulou na máquina reserva e foi o mais rápido já na primeira volta lançada.
O melhor tempo dele, 1m34.203s, o colocou 1.493s à frente do irmão Alex Marquez (Gresini), para um um-dois da Ducati, com Johann Zarco em terceiro pela LCR Honda depois de passar pela Q1.
A chuva moldou a tarde: as pancadas da madrugada já tinham encharcado o circuito e um novo temporal no começo da Q2 piorou a situação. A primeira tentativa de Marquez bateu o tempo de referência de Zarco em 0.087s, enquanto os candidatos ao título sofreram — Bezzecchi era sexto naquele momento, e o líder da tabela, Martin, apenas 10º.
Zarco passou à liderança com 1m35.706s, mas Marquez encontrou mais 1.5s na última volta lançada para garantir a quarta pole do ano. Martin salvou o quarto lugar com duas melhoras no fim, o melhor das Aprilia, empurrando o favorito da casa Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) para quinto.
Raul Fernandez, da Trackhouse, terminou em sexto; o sétimo ficou com Pedro Acosta, da KTM, e Fabio di Giannantonio foi oitavo com a moto da VR46. O nono lugar, ponto baixo desde Barcelona, foi de Bezzecchi, que ainda assim superou Diogo Moreira, da LCR Honda; a lista dos 12 primeiros foi completada por Bastianini, na KTM da Tech3, e Ogura, com a Aprilia da Trackhouse.
O ataque tardio de Brad Binder na Q1 não bastou: empurrado por Miller e Zarco, o piloto da KTM de fábrica larga em 13º. Iker Lecuona, que substitui Fermin Aldeguer na Gresini, voltou em 14º, com Maverick Vinales (Tech3) e Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) nas posições seguintes. Outro substituto, Augusto Fernandez, superou as duas Yamaha de fábrica, as de Alex Rins e Fabio Quartararo.
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