Table of contents:
- Moto3: Sandro Cortese and Jonas Folger, duel of Germans
- MotoGP: Casey Stoner ready to reign for the sixth time
- Moto2: Pol Espargaró wants to hold the title until Valencia
Concluded the timed training of the Australian Grand Prix of the MotoGP World Championship, we already know who will start tomorrow from the front row in each of the categories. How could it be otherwise, in MotoGP Casey stoner (Repsol Honda Team) has once again set the best time and everything seems to indicate that it will win. In Moto3, Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo) seems willing to make true his words after taking the championship in which he said he planned to win the next two races. Finally in Moto2, Pol Espargaro he has taken the third consecutive pole.
Moto3: Sandro Cortese and Jonas Folger, duel of Germans
Like yesterday the Moto2 practice, today the Moto3 timed have been a bit lackluster after the rain made an appearance in the absence of 15 minutes from the end and gave us a closer battle to get pole. Until that moment the fastest had been Sandro Cortese with a time of 1'38.334, achieved a little before the rain and that improved Jonas folger (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3), first until then.
Efren Vazquez (JHK t-shirt Laglisse) achieved the third best time but already eight tenths behind the German while the following Spaniard has been Maverick Viñales (Blusens Avintia) but already more than a second apart. Luis Salom (RW Racing GP), ninth, has been very close to his compatriot ready to fight for the runner-up tomorrow.
QP Moto3 Australian Grand Prix standings
| Pos. | No. | Pilot | Country | Team | Motorcycle | Km / h | Weather | Difference 1st / Prev. |
| 1 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Red Bull KTM Garlic | KTM | 235, 6 | 1’38.334 | |
| 2 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 227, 7 | 1’38.727 | 0.393 / 0.393 |
| 3 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | Honda FTR | 235, 1 | 1’39.179 | 0.845 / 0.452 |
| 4 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Red Bull KTM Garlic | KTM | 230, 6 | 1’39.222 | 0.888 / 0.043 |
| 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | WRONG | AirAsia-Sic-Garlic | KTM | 238, 4 | 1’39.229 | 0.895 / 0.007 |
| 6 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | BY | Star Galicia 0, 0 | Suter Honda | 233, 1 | 1’39.262 | 0.928 / 0.033 |
| 7 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Garlic | KTM | 229, 2 | 1’39.337 | 1.003 / 0.075 |
| 8 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Blusens Avintia | Honda FTR | 230, 8 | 1’39.387 | 1.053 / 0.050 |
| 9 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 233, 6 | 1’39.430 | 1.096 / 0.043 |
| 10 | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Team Italia IMF | Honda FTR | 232, 3 | 1’39.451 | 1.117 / 0.021 |
| 11 | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Andalucia JHK t-shirt Laglisse | Honda FTR | 226, 7 | 1’39.514 | 1.180 / 0.063 |
| 12 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Racing Team Germany | Honda FTR | 228, 5 | 1’39.536 | 1.202 / 0.022 |
| 13 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta | Honda FTR | 222, 6 | 1’39.572 | 1.238 / 0.036 |
| 14 | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Team Italia IMF | Honda FTR | 234 | 1’39.595 | 1.261 / 0.023 |
| 15 | 31 | Niklas GARLIC | END | TT Motion Events Racing | KTM | 233, 5 | 1’39.631 | 1.297 / 0.036 |
| 16 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Star Galicia 0, 0 | Suter Honda | 225, 2 | 1’39.649 | 1.315 / 0.018 |
| 17 | 26 | Adrian martin | SPA | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | Honda FTR | 230, 9 | 1’39.750 | 1.416 / 0.101 |
| 18 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | Honda FTR | 225, 1 | 1’40.167 | 1.833 / 0.417 |
| 19 | 12 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 228, 3 | 1’40.336 | 2.002 / 0.169 |
| 20 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 232, 1 | 1’40.372 | 2.038 / 0.036 |
| 21 | 80 | Armando PONTONE | ITA | Ioda Team Italy | Ioda | 227 | 1’40.854 | 2.520 / 0.482 |
| 22 | 17 | John McPHEE | GBR | Caretta Technology | KRP Honda | 224, 3 | 1’40.984 | 2.650 / 0.130 |
| 23 | 8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology | Sling | 224, 3 | 1’41.177 | 2.843 / 0.193 |
| 24 | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 223, 8 | 1’41.198 | 2.864 / 0.021 |
| 25 | 28 | Josep RODRIGUEZ | SPA | FGR motorcycle | FGR Honda | 223, 7 | 1’41.555 | 3.221 / 0.357 |
| 26 | 30 | Giulian PEDONE | SWI | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 228, 9 | 1’42.027 | 3.693 / 0.472 |
| 27 | 51 | Kenta FUJII | JPN | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 229, 7 | 1’42.475 | 4.141 / 0.448 |
| 28 | 29 | Luca AMATO | GER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 229, 7 | 1’43.029 | 4.695 / 0.554 |
| 29 | 75 | Lincoln GILDING | AUS | K1 Racing | Sling | 219, 7 | 1’43.045 | 4.711 / 0.016 |
| 30 | 20 | Riccardo MORETTI | ITA | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 218, 3 | 1’44.393 | 6.059 / 1.348 |
| 31 | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Racing Team Germany | Sling | 218, 6 | 1’44.809 | 6.475 / 0.416 |
| NC | 36 | Sam CLARKE | GBR | Fastline GP Racing | Sling | 207, 3 | 1’46.873 | 8.539 / 2.064 |
| NC | 27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | Honda FTR | . | . | . |
| NC | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | . | . | . |
MotoGP: Casey Stoner ready to reign for the sixth time
Pole for the australian Casey stoner that although he has had a mid-session crash, it has not prevented him from marking a beastly record of 1'29,623 that left more than half a second to Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) and almost a second to his teammate Dani pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team), affected by the fine rain that fell at the end of the session.
The fall of Casey Stoner was caused by an excess of retention in the rear tire and according to what he was telling Dani Pedrosa in the parc fermé a somewhat tense situation arose with Marcos Rocha, who directly plugged in the microphone and he turned around saying that it had been a rude gesture (not polite according to his words). The truth is that it is not to defend Casey far from it but his answer was a bit abrupt, I imagine he understood that he was cutting off his conversation with Dani to ask him the question.
On the other hand, I don't know if it was necessary to put the microphone in the middle since the conversation could be heard perfectly and that is how Keko was able to translate it from the booth. Of course, Mela took the opportunity to drop a pair of Australian pearls that were irrelevant, the account so that then wonder why Casey is sometimes rougher than a scouring pad with journalists.
Several groups close behind, for example Cal Crutchlow and Stefan Bradl. Although the best is Randy de Puniet what did he get best result for a CRT in classification, ninth, beating Nicky Hayden, Karel Abrahan and Héctor Barberá and remaining six thousandths behind Valentino Rossi. He almost ate all four Ducati.
Kris mclaren (Avintia Blusens), wild car in this race, has hit a good stick at the beginning of the session although she is out of 107% and she only has tomorrow's warp up to try to qualify.
QP MotoGP Australian Grand Prix standings
| Pos. | No. | Pilot | Country | Team | Motorcycle | Km / h | Weather | Difference 1st / Prev. |
| 1 | 1 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Sling | 335, 6 | 1’29.623 | |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 330, 6 | 1’30.140 | 0.517 / 0.517 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Sling | 335, 7 | 1’30.575 | 0.952 / 0.435 |
| 4 | 35 | Lime CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 332, 7 | 1’30.763 | 1.140 / 0.188 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Sling | 337, 1 | 1’30.798 | 1.175 / 0.035 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 334, 7 | 1’31.200 | 1.577 / 0.402 |
| 7 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Sling | 334, 9 | 1’31.490 | 1.867 / 0.290 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati team | Ducati | 337, 4 | 1’31.661 | 2.038 / 0.171 |
| 9 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 323, 6 | 1’31.667 | 2.044 / 0.006 |
| 10 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USES | Ducati team | Ducati | 334, 4 | 1’31.681 | 2.058 / 0.014 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 339, 6 | 1’31.910 | 2.287 / 0.229 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 319, 8 | 1’31.990 | 2.367 / 0.080 |
| 13 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 334, 1 | 1’32.231 | 2.608 / 0.241 |
| 14 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 316, 8 | 1’33.050 | 3.427 / 0.819 |
| 15 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 315, 4 | 1’33.069 | 3.446 / 0.019 |
| 16 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USES | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 321, 7 | 1’33.450 | 3.827 / 0.381 |
| 17 | 77 | James ELLISON | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 317, 4 | 1’33.489 | 3.866 / 0.039 |
| 18 | 84 | Roberto ROLFO | ITA | Speed master | ART | 314 | 1’33.577 | 3.954 / 0.088 |
| 19 | 22 | Ivan SILVA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 313, 5 | 1’34.156 | 4.533 / 0.579 |
| NC | 43 | Kris McLAREN | AUS | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 311, 6 | 1’36.324 | 6.701 / 2.168 |
Moto2: Pol Espargaró wants to hold the title until Valencia
And it's going to be difficult but Pol Espargaro He is trying by all means and this is attested by the fact that with this he already has three consecutive poles. The time of 1'33.705 was more than half a second better than that of Scott redding, very active all workouts while Marc Márquez closes the first line to seven tenths of Pol.
Again the rain appeared for the third time that day at the end of training sessions to annoy those who had not done their homework and left everything to the last minute. Tito Rabat has been the third best classified in tenth place while Áxel Pons It seems that he has been putting the batteries lately and will come out thirteenth.
QP Moto2 Australian Grand Prix standings
| Pos. | No. | Pilot | Country | Team | Motorcycle | Km / h | Weather | Difference 1st / Prev. |
| 1 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Mobile Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 281, 3 | 1’33.705 | |
| 2 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 282, 5 | 1’34.264 | 0.559 / 0.559 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | SPA | Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol | Suter | 280, 8 | 1’34.408 | 0.703 / 0.144 |
| 4 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Interwetten-Paddock | Suter | 281, 5 | 1’34.513 | 0.808 / 0.105 |
| 5 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 277, 3 | 1’34.541 | 0.836 / 0.028 |
| 6 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | GP Team Switzerland | Kalex | 290, 7 | 1’34.596 | 0.891 / 0.055 |
| 7 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 285, 1 | 1’34.696 | 0.991 / 0.100 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Speed master | Speed up | 281, 5 | 1’34.714 | 1.009 / 0.018 |
| 9 | 95 | Anthony WEST | AUS | QMMF Racing Team | Speed up | 278, 6 | 1’34.765 | 1.060 / 0.051 |
| 10 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | SPA | Mobile Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 283, 1 | 1’34.900 | 1.195 / 0.135 |
| 11 | 3 | Simone corsi | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | FTR | 277, 6 | 1’34.973 | 1.268 / 0.073 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 284, 3 | 1’35.020 | 1.315 / 0.047 |
| 13 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | Mobile Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | 281, 7 | 1’35.052 | 1.347 / 0.032 |
| 14 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | END | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 291, 3 | 1’35.071 | 1.366 / 0.019 |
| 15 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 274, 1 | 1’35.169 | 1.464 / 0.098 |
| 16 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 276, 2 | 1’35.310 | 1.605 / 0.141 |
| 17 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | Blusens Avintia | Suter | 280, 4 | 1’35.466 | 1.761 / 0.156 |
| 18 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 283, 3 | 1’35.546 | 1.841 / 0.080 |
| 19 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Kiefer Racing | Kalex | 281, 2 | 1’35.589 | 1.884 / 0.043 |
| 20 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 275, 9 | 1’35.609 | 1.904 / 0.020 |
| 21 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | Arguiñano Racing Team | AJR | 272 | 1’35.864 | 2.159 / 0.255 |
| 22 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR | 277, 3 | 1’35.906 | 2.201 / 0.042 |
| 23 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THA | Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 277, 9 | 1’36.026 | 2.321 / 0.120 |
| 24 | 8 | Gino REA | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 275, 9 | 1’36.163 | 2.458 / 0.137 |
| 25 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Desguaces La Torre SAG | Bimota | 275, 1 | 1’36.242 | 2.537 / 0.079 |
| 26 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 282, 9 | 1’36.550 | 2.845 / 0.308 |
| 27 | 22 | Alessandro ANDREOZZI | ITA | S / Master Speed Up | Speed up | 277, 6 | 1’37.293 | 3.588 / 0.743 |
| 28 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | JPN | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR | 280, 7 | 1’37.436 | 3.731 / 0.143 |
| 29 | 75 | Tomoyoshi KOYAMA | JPN | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 280, 1 | 1’37.524 | 3.819 / 0.088 |
| 30 | 82 | Elena ROSELL | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed up | 275, 8 | 1’37.829 | 4.124 / 0.305 |
| 31 | 10 | Marco COLANDREA | SWI | SAG Team | FTR | 274, 7 | 1’38.266 | 4.561 / 0.437 |
| 32 | 57 | Eric GRANADO | BRA | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 267, 9 | 1’40.119 | 6.414 / 1.853 |
