Four riders out as the Australian GP grid drops to 18
The MotoGP Australian GP grid will have 18 riders, with Marc Márquez on pole and 10 points clear in the championship; four riders are out, including Jorge Martín and Joan Mir. Diogo Moreira, the only Brazilian, starts eighth, and Jack Miller says goodbye at home from fourth.
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Serão apenas 18 pilotos no grid do GP da Austrália neste domingo, na despedida da MotoGP de Phillip Island, o traçado icônico que fica perto de Melbourne.
A pole é de Marc Márquez, da Ducati, líder do campeonato por 10 pontos depois da vitória na corrida sprint de sábado. O piloto de 33 anos sobrou na classificação em pista molhada, com quase 1s5 de vantagem sobre o resto do pelotão.
Ao lado dele larga o irmão, Alex Márquez, na Ducati da Gresini. Johann Zarco completa a primeira fila com a LCR Honda, depois de sair do Q1 e chegar ao terceiro lugar.
Diogo Moreira, companheiro de Zarco e único brasileiro do grid, parte em oitavo — a mesma posição da sprint.
Jack Miller se despede da casa: faz sua última largada ali como piloto da MotoGP em quarto, com pintura especial amarela e verde na Yamaha da Pramac. Na sequência vêm Pedro Acosta, na KTM de fábrica, e Fabio di Giannantonio, sexto depois do pódio na sprint.
A Aprilia terá apenas dois pilotos: Marco Bezzecchi, sétimo, e Ai Ogura, 10º. Jorge Martín fraturou o antebraço ao cair na sprint, e Raúl Fernández, da Trackhouse, piorou uma lesão no dedo durante os treinos de sexta; ambos foram considerados inaptos.
A Honda de fábrica estará ausente. Joan Mir nem começou o fim de semana, por doença, e um vírus limitou Luca Marini a duas voltas; o italiano desistiu do restante do GP, sprint incluída.
Também estão fora Fermín Aldeguer (Gresini) e Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac), por lesões de etapas anteriores. Iker Lecuona e Augusto Fernández são os substitutos.
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