MotoGP 2022 – Round 18 – Phillip Island
Friday morning report No. 1
Very disappointed with all the social media signaling doom sharing clickbait images of water on the track ahead of the event, I’m pleased to announce that we all woke up one morning. It’s a beautiful morning here at Phillip Island, and the Aussie Superbike training session was underway at 8am as scheduled.
The entry list is a bit thin for the support categories this weekend as it is not a round of the Australian Superbike Championship. As a result, you can achieve very little other than bragging rights and a bit of exposure to your sponsors before any crowd gets here early enough, or stays late enough, to grasp. catch any action related to main game here which is MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3.
However, one point of interest here for the domestics here this weekend is that Josh Waters will be replacing Wayne Maxwell on Boost Mobile Ducati.
Waters only has a single day on the bike before this weekend, so he’ll be thrown into the deep end, so to speak, but with data and advice from Wayne Maxwell to help him get through the weekend on the bike. Unfamiliar bicycle. Maxwell chose not to ride because he didn’t get much by doing so.
Broc Pearson has another outing on DesmoSport Ducati that is also a highlight as he prepares to end the season with the Queensland-based squad alongside Bryan Styaring.
YRT Cru Halliday riders and ASBK Championship head Mike Jones will use it as a knockdown ahead of the championship’s penultimate round in late November.
Troy Herfoss and Penrite Honda went retro for the weekend with the Fireblade in the 30th anniversary colorway, and Herfoss will be outfitted in a Doohanesque riding suit for the races, though he’s wearing only his usual kit this morning. me.
It’s Herfoss at the top of the morning practice, but there’s not much to read because this morning’s workout doesn’t count for much.
The Aussie Superbike qualifier will take place at 12:20pm this afternoon, right after the Oceania Junior Cup youth teams hit the road for the opening weekend. The full schedule is at the bottom of this page.
As for the weather forecast, a chance of rain this morning, but it’s fine and clear this afternoon before a ‘mostly sunny’ Saturday and Sunday here with temperatures forecast around 18 degrees. C.
Moto3’s first hands-on is underway. MotoGP hits the track at 0955. It’s going to be a good day!
ASBK First Practice
- Troy Herfoss 1m44.877
- Broc Pearson 1m45,171
- Josh Waters 1m45,279
- Bryan is 1m46,794 . tall
- Cru Halliday 1m47,150
- Mike Jones 1m48,274
- Alastair Hoogenboezem 1m57,273
- Peter Berry 1m57,345
- Cori Bourne 1m58,032
- Tracey Davies 2m11,352
Phillip Island MotoGP Fixtures
| Friday | ||
| Time | Class | Meeting |
| 0755 | Superbikes | FP |
| 0900 | Moto3 | FP1 |
| 0955 | MotoGP | FP1 |
| 1055 | Moto2 | FP1 |
| 1150 | OJC | FP |
| 1220 | Superbikes | Q |
| 1315 | Moto3 | FP2 |
| 1410 | MotoGP | FP2 |
| 1510 | Moto2 | FP2 |
| 1605 | OJC | Q |
| 1640 | Superbikes | R1 |
| 1710 | OJC | R1 |
| Saturday | ||
| Time | Class | Meeting |
| 0900 | Moto3 | FP3 |
| 0955 | MotoGP | FP3 |
| 1055 | Moto2 | FP3 |
| 1145 | OJC | R2 |
| 1235 | Moto3 | Q1 |
| 1300 | Moto3 | Q2 |
| 1330 | MotoGP | FP4 |
| 1410 | MotoGP | Q1 |
| 1435 | MotoGP | Q2 |
| 1510 | Moto2 | Q1 |
| 1535 | Moto2 | Q2 |
| 1605 | Superbikes | R2 |
| 1645 | OJC | R3 |
| 1740 | Superbikes | R3 |
| Sunday | ||
| Time | Class | Meeting |
| 0900 | Moto3 | WUP |
| 0920 | Moto2 | WUP |
| 0940 | MotoGP | WUP |
| 1100 | Moto3 | Race |
| 1220 | Moto2 | Race |
| 1400 | MotoGP | Race |
MotoGP 2022 Calendar
| Day | grand opening | Electrical circuit |
| October 16 | Australia | Phillip Island |
| October 23 | Malaysia | Sepang International Circuit |
| November 6 | Comunitat Valenciana | Comunitat Valenciana-Ricardo Tormo |
