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2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australia  2014 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Date 19 October 2014
Official name Tissot Australian Grand Prix
Location Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotorGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:28.408
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:29.605 on lap 9
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Bradley Smith Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex
Time 1:32.470
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Kalex
Time 1:33.066 on lap 25
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Kalex
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Third Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Honda
Time 1:36.050
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Jack Miller KTM
Time 1:36.302 on lap 3
Podium
First Australia Jack Miller KTM
Second Spain Álex Márquez Honda
Third Spain Álex Rins Honda
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:28.408
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:29.605 on lap 9
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Bradley Smith Yamaha
Pole position
Rider Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex
Time 1:32.470
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Kalex
Time 1:33.066 on lap 25
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Kalex
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Third Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Honda
Time 1:36.050
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Jack Miller KTM
Time 1:36.302 on lap 3
Podium
First Australia Jack Miller KTM
Second Spain Álex Márquez Honda
Third Spain Álex Rins Honda

The 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 19 October 2014.

In his 250th premier class start, Valentino Rossi took his second victory of the season, after benefitting from an accident for Marc Márquez, while he was leading the race. It was Rossi's sixth win at the circuit, after five successive wins from 2001 to 2005. Second place went to Rossi's team-mate Jorge Lorenzo finished in second place, while Tech 3's Bradley Smith finished in third place, recording his first premier class podium, after Ducati's Cal Crutchlow crashed out late on. As a result, it was the first all-Yamaha podium since the 2008 French Grand Prix. For the first time since the 2009 Dutch TT, both Repsol Honda riders failed to finish the race; further to Márquez's accident, Dani Pedrosa collided with Andrea Iannone, with caused both riders to retire from the race.Karel Abraham, Stefan Bradl and Pol Espargaró also crashed out of the race, and only 14 of the 23 starters reached the finish.


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