The 2025 MotoGP season begins this weekend with the nineteenth spherical of the Australian Grand Prix being held at stunning Phillip Island.
The championship race has already been settled in Marc Marquez’s favor, however there’s nonetheless loads of intrigue surrounding the ultimate 4 races of the season.
And he must proceed with out the world champion for at the very least the subsequent two weeks after present process surgical procedure on a shoulder harm he sustained on the Indonesian Grand Prix.
With Marquez absent, in addition to Jorge Martin and Maverick Vinales, final yr’s whole entrance row squad is not going to be competing within the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
Aprilia’s qualifying favourite Marco Bezzecchi was penalized for a collision with Marquez at Mandalica, whereas taking probably the most surprising place of the entire race on the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Climate and wildlife are at all times a consider racing on Phillip Island, so there’s at all times the potential for surprising outcomes and wild occasions.
In a yr dominated by Marc Marquez and Ducati, will Phillip Island be probably the most open Grand Prix but this season?
That is the principle query posed to the crash panel on the most recent version of the Crash MotoGP podcast. You possibly can hearken to this podcast on the hyperlink under.
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Crash MotoGP editor Peter McLaren mentioned: “It at all times brings drama, pleasure and above all nice racing.”
“The headbutt of the Seagull (Andrea) Iannone will at all times stay in individuals’s reminiscence. However you may look again at nearly any occasion and discover one thing particular about it. It was the primary place in 2019 the place Aprilia RS-GP led a race and that was an enormous occasion. After which per week later there was Sepang, the place he (Iannone) failed an anti-doping take a look at.
“Even occasions which will appear inconsequential have a huge effect and so they all come again to Phillip Island and this weekend marks one in every of our most open weekends since Mark was injured in 2020.”
“Marc has been doing nice round Phillip Island. Should you take a look at his run this yr, if he was match and using, he would have nearly assured two wins this weekend. As a substitute, he is out with an harm and final yr’s entrance row will not be there. We have now Pekko who we do not know if it should be Motegi Pekko or Mandalika Pekko this weekend. We have now Bez. He appeared quick within the twisty sections,” Mandalika mentioned. It’s nearly sure that he’ll obtain a penalty. It is actually tough to foretell…”
