Simon Patterson

Moving the Qatar race to Phillip Island: who’s going to pay for it? Putting on a race costs millions, and we’re not going to have some sort of ‘Bahrain in Sepang’ scenario while Qatar is adamant that we’re still going there (until it’s too late to have a plan b)

A Monday race was totally impossible without sacrificing Sepang. Half the paddock already flew to Malaysia last night, freight will go today to clear customs in time, crews will start working tomorrow. Logistically impossible.

One last Phillip Island podcast… 😢 youtu.be/FH-pDRoGWv4?...

With a whimper, not a roar… Such a sad way to leave such a special place

Just to be abundantly clear on something: this is NOT the place to come and talk shit, act like an expert, or spew conspiracy theories about the medical evacuation helicopter. Airmed is one of the few golden rules that we have. It is an untouchable factor.

Davide Tardozzi: ‘rider safety is the most importantl thing. I have already lost the career of one rider [Foggy] at this track’

Fair play: 'we are working with our ticketing partners to facilitate the process for full refunds for Sunday ticketholders and partial refunds for multi-day ticketholders'

Everything about today was out of the hands of the organisers. There was nothing that could have made the race happen. BUT. We knew this forecast on Thursday, and we've rearranged a race before at PI to make sure we could at least award 25 points.

I wonder if there's an insurance clause that says bikes on tracks means no ticket refunds...

And there it is. MotoGP's time at Phillip Island ends like... THIS

Just been told that the race isn't going ahead... That we're going to form on the grid, but that it will be for a parade lap and NOT a race...

On the start finish/turn one shot that is on the world feed, you could see the sea 30 minutes ago. Now you can’t…

MotoGP pit lane will provisionally open at 1600 (in just under two hours) Moto2 AND Moto3 cancelled.

Moto3 race officially cancelled

Been told we’re looking quite good for a 1530 MotoGP race start (in about an hour and a half)

Breaking news: paddock spies telling me that the Moto3 race has been CANCELLED

New update: nothing happening on track until at least 3pm (two and a half hours from now), and the MotoGP race will be the priority. I think we can now say goodbye to any chance of a Moto2 and Moto3 race today - and I don't think we're going racing at all... Next update 2pm.

One thing no one tells you about losing 40kg is how much more you feel the cold on freezing Phillip Island days 🥶😂

Waiting on fresh news any minute. But the rain is back on and there’s plenty of standing water on the start finish again

It had brightened up quite a bit in the past hour, but the rain is on quite heavy again now, and feels like the wind is starting to pick up too...

Absolutely not saying MotoGP doesn't want the race to go ahead, because they do, but... giving Jorge a week to heal up does wonders for a title fight that we called yesterday 😉

Warm up now cancelled. I have a feeling that they’ll try and run MotoGP first, then Moto2 and Moto3.

Unofficially, next update at 1230 (over one and a half hours away). No track action before 1300.

Official: we will NOT start track action at 1100 (15 minutes away) as poor visibility and track conditions persist. Further updates when they can.

Seems to be brightening up a little bit here, but been told the problem isn't visibility at Phillip Island, it's visibility in Melbourne. We're two hours' drive from the nearest trauma centre so we need the helicopter to be able to fly

Some tentative good news from Aprilia

It’s going to be a long day…

Excellent news!!!

Is the title fight over? youtu.be/xtU7mSf8AiQ?...

Tomorrow’s rider parade is going to be in these. Just saw someone almost roll one of them in pit lane. But remember, attendance is mandatory now!

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Update: Raul has withdrawn from the remainder of the weekend. Last year's winner will not race tomorrow.

There's a distinct probability that six of the 22-rider full-time MotoGP grid does not start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix. Aren't sprint races and 22 rounds a year just awesome?

Fuck… Is that the 2026 title fight over?

Gearbox sensor issue for Zarco. Bike didn’t know what gear he was in and says it was too dangerous to continue

Bagnaia had ‘a problem’ and refused, multiple times, to elaborate any more on what it might have been. Says the team made a strategy error in Q1

Update from Trackhouse on Raul Fernandez

Loving Archie's concentration tongue 🤪😆

Marc takes the championship lead to 10 points with one of those textbook Marquez races where he wins despite not being the fastest guy! 👏

Love you forever, Phillip Island x

Bezzecchi is going to be absolutely rueing his start here, because he's by far the fastest guy on track with two to go

Remarkably, Marco Bezzecchi is going to end up on the podium here. Three laps to go and only three tenths down on Diggia now

There might not be team orders in the title fight, but there are certainly family orders

Raul Fernandez into the pits now too. Can't remember the last race with four retirements to the pits

Big, fast, washing machine crash at T8. Asking too much. And being stretchered away...

MARTIN IS DOWN!!!!!