Sasaki leads free practice ahead of Suzuki at Phillip Island

Japanese people Ayumu Sasaki Finished first training day for (Husqvarna) Moto3 Australian Grand Prix at the Phillip Island circuit as category leader after finally beating his compatriot Itsuki Suzuki (Honda) and the Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) is third.

world leader spanish Izan Guevara (GasGas) finished the first day of practice with the fourth-fastest time, surpassing their nearest rivals in the race for the world title, which was mathematically achievable at Sunday’s race.

Clouds gradually covered the sky and rain fell at the end of the first round of Moto2 free practice, but the second and final session of Moto3 started without showing any signs of rain, although the track was still partially wet. That slowed down the early evolution of the smallest entrants in the championship category.

Brazilian Diogo Moreira Fastest in the morning session (KTM) was also fastest at the start of the second session, lapping in 1:45.702 at first, then 1:45.095 and then 1:39.773 in the morning, half an hour not yet played I had to change everything in the above training.

These track conditions created quite a few dangerous situations, including some scares like the main character Sergio Garcia Dorus (GasGas) As soon as the session started, the ‘piano’ was stepped on the shoulder and the whole team worked hard on the workshop street.

García Dorus was the first to improve times in the morning with 1:39.401 and 1:39.283.

From that moment on, things really “livened up” and more than 15 hours of training took place, with many pilots setting personal best times.

Sergio Garcia Dorus He starred in several consecutive fast laps, the third with a 1:39.051, the still very distant category circuit record (3s ) gradually decreased. , then lapped in 1:36.050.

And at the end of the session, the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) beat their compatriots to take first place with a time of 1:37.797. Itsuki Suzuki Until then, it was running alone in the lead (Honda), Diogo Moreira (KTM), one of the great entertainers of the day, number three.

world leader, Izan Guevara (GasGas) finished 4th, just ahead of his teammate Sergio Garcia Dorus and his most direct rival in the championship, the Italian Denise Fozier (Honda), sixth, a result that would mathematically give the Spaniard the world title if the race was produced on Sunday.

yes Foggia He finished sixth, followed by his compatriots Andrea Minho (pachinko) and Stefano Nepa (KTM), in Spanish Jaume Masia (KTM) and Adrian Fernandez (KTM), below, and with the Anglo-Saxons. John McPhee (Husqvarna), Joel Kelso (KTM) and Scott Ogden (Honda), closed the position with the right to go straight into the second classification, a goal the Spaniard failed to achieve Carlos Tatai (CFMoto), David Munoz (KTM), Daniel Holgado (KTM), Ivan Ortra (KTM), Xavier Artigas (CFMoto) and Anna Carrasco (KTM).

Neither was the relevant pilot like Turkey Denise Onk (KTM), 16th, or Japanese Yamanaka meteor I finished behind him (KTM).