Italian rider wins white-knuckle sprint at Phillip Island on Saturday
Australian Jack Miller qualifies on front row for Sunday’s main race
Marco Bezzecchi hit a seagull but still won a white-knuckle Australian MotoGP sprint race on Saturday, while Alex Marquez’s sixth-place inched him closer to sealing second in the world championship.
France’s Fabio Quartararo threw down the gauntlet in qualifying when he shattered Bezzecchi’s Phillip Island lap record set a day earlier to bank his fifth pole of the season.
But the laser-focused Italian, starting from second, simply had too much power in his Aprilia to clinch his third sprint win in the last four races.
