Phillip Island Report

MotoGP™ is back on Australia’s Phillip Island for the first time since 2019, and looking back we can safely say it was worth the wait. Creme de la Creme Motorcycles fought heart and soul ahead of the 2022 season slowly but surely ending.

With ten laps remaining, the trio of Bagnaia, Márquez and Alex Rins were leading the field, but the top ten were all within a second of what would have been one of the most exciting races of the season.

Rins took the lead briefly on lap 21 while Marquez joined the leading group for fourth. However, a small corner error caused Stoner to briefly drop to fifth.

On the last lap, Reigns took the lead and Marc Marquez was excited following his teammate to find himself in second. Although the pressure continued on Reigns, he failed to get past it. Third place went to Bagnaia, who now leads the overall standings. In the end, there were only eight tenths among the top seven drivers.

Marquez celebrated his first stage on the podium this season and the result shows that the eight-times world champion has bounced back from his injuries in early 2020.