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Eleven times a runner-up, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco has taken a long-awaited debut victory in dramatic circumstances at t𒁃he Australian Gra𓆉nd Prix, his 120th MotoGP race!

Zarco’s team-mate and title contender168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Jorge Martin led for all but t♛he final lap when the Spaniard's soft tyre gamble backfired spectacularly and he was swamped by the chasing pack.

Reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia - who spent much✅ of the race in danger of having his title lead sliced to single digits - inst🔯ead extended his advantage with second place.

Meanwhile, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio put himself in the shop window for the vacant Honda ride&n🌠bsp;by delivering a brilliant first MotoGP podium in ꦿthird.

Martin faded to the back of the lead group in fifth, behind KTM's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder, but still c👍rossed the Phillip Island finish line just one agonising second from victory.

Zarco produced a trademark backflip, not seen since Moto2 in 2016, after stoppin❀g on𒐪 the slowdown lap.

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The Grand Prix race was brought forward to Saturday afternoon due to the extreme weather forecast for Suಌnday.

A further 12 points will be up for grabs in Sunday's Sprint race, should the weather conditions allow it to proceed as♊ planned.

🔯Martin, who began the race 18 points behind Bagnaia after falling from the lead at Mandalika last Sunday, is now 27 points adrift.

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Most riders picked the medium rear tyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚre but Martin signalled his breakaway intentions by joining only Marc Marquez (7th on grid) and Pol Espargaro (11th) in rolling the dice on the soft.

All riders chose the hard front with the exception of Joan Mir, Raul Fe🐼rnandez and Franco Morbiꦺdelli.

Martin, who qualified on pole with a new lap record, duly held the advantage over Binder and Bagnaia through the opening turns, with Jack Miller delighti🧸ng the local fans by rising to fourth.

Marc Marquez muscled his way through ꦓto sixt⭕h by the end of the opening lap but his early challenge fizzled out, as Zarco took up pursuit of the leaders.

The big question mark🅠 was whether Martin’s rear tyre would last as the pursuing quartet of di Giannantonio, Binder, Zarco and Bagnaia began gaining ground in the closing stages.

Martin looked like he had done eꦿnough but his once 3.5sec lead had evaporated as the last lap began. 

Zarco snatched victory into 🦂the Turn 4 hairpin, when Bagnaia also dived under Martin to beat the #89 on track for the first time since the Catalunya Sprint. di Giannantonio and Binder soon followed.

Seven seconds behind Martin was 𓃲Marco Bezzecchi, while Miller faded to eighth and Marc Marquez all the way to 15th, just behind Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.

Joan Mir crashed after contact with Luca Marini, the FIM Stewards declaꦑring it had been a racing incident.

Augusto𒐪 Fernandez also 🗹hit the ground at the Turn 4 hairpin.

After halt🀅ing a planned comeback in Indonesia due to pain from his recently fractured ribs♛, Alex Marquez is back on track at Phillip Island.

How༺ever last year's winner Alex Rins has withdrawn from the remainder of the Australian MotoGP we⛦ekend after suffering intense pain from his healing leg fractures.

The LCR Honda rider will undergo scans to understand the exact source of the pain. Rins wasꦫ 12th and top Honda on Friday.