MotoGP: "To avoid contact with Martin I ended up wide. It's ironic, if I make a mistake in the standings I recover, if I don't make a mistake then in the race, I like to complicate my life. Martin has always been explosive,

Marc Marquez believes he can challenge Jorge Martin in Sunday’s MotoGP Australian Grand Prix, but not if it is “like a rally race”. Marquez topped Friday’s running at Phillip Island, but was convinced the GP24s would take a step forward compared to him come Saturday once they’d had time to analyse data from practice.

MotoGP Australian Grand Prix sprint winner Jorge Martin admits he was “a bit scared” from the late pressure Marc Marquez put on him in Saturday's race. The Pramac rider dominated qualifying to take pole ahead of Marquez and converted that into the lead on the opening lap of the sprint, as the latter ran wide at Turn 1.

Spain's Jorge Martin led from start to finish in a windswept Australian MotoGP sprint race Saturday to extend his championship lead over title rival Francesco Bagnaia. Martin had the perfect start, unlike Marquez on his Gresini who went wide at the first corner and slipped from second to eighth as Bagnaia moved up to fourth.