At the start it’s Binder who has the holeshot, he is follwed by Rodrigo. Bo Bendsneyder has a reasonable start and is in 12th. In the “Stoner”corner Darryn Binder highsides and takes Pawi and Mir with him into the gravel. Loi has to run into the gravel aswell and falls back to 20th. Going in to lap two Migno takes over the lead coming out of the slipstream of Binder. A few cornrers up the road Bulega takes over first. Aron Canet crashes out of the race. Bo is in 11th. In lap 3 Bulega crashes out when he is slightly touched by Quartararo. In the same lap Rodrigo pushes Di Giannantonio wide, running into Bagnaia. Both riders crash. Bo is held up by this crash and falls down to 18th. In lap six John McPhee loses the frontend at “Lucky Hights”, Migno has no place to go and runs over him. The machines on the track causing Bastianini and Navarro offtrack and crash aswell. The race is redflagged immediately. After taking care of the riders and cleaning the track the race is restarted; this time over just 10 laps. The grid will be formed after the standings after lap 5; some riders will not be able to restart: the field is only 24 riders at the restart. And again it is Brad Binder quickest away, Rodrigo second and Locatelli third. Bendsneyder is 13th after the start. Antonelli crashes out in the first lap. Lorenzo Della Porta has made a jumpstart and will have to come in for a ridethrough penalty. In the lead Binder is opening up a gap to Rodrigo and Locatelli. The fight for fourth is a group of 14 riders. Bo Bendsneyder is in this group and positions swap every lap. With 3 laps to go Bo runs wide at the “Honda” corner and goes from 11th to 14th. In the penultimate lap Navarro crashes out when he’s forced wide by Bendsneyder. In the same lap Rodrigo crashes out of second spot. Brad Binder takes the win in front of Locatelli, Canet and his younger brother Darryn Binder, who is pipped out of third by Canet at the finishline. Livio Loi is fifth. Bo Bendsneuder is tenth.
Bo Bendsneyder #64:
“I am very happy with tenth place at my first Australian Grand Prix. The race was a bit strange from the beginning, because there were many crashes, lots of tough battles and the red flag. In the end I think we achieved a good result and I want to thank the team for all the work they have done. It has been a very difficult weekend, with changes between dry and wet conditions at a completely new track for me. Now we have to focus on Malaysia, another circuit where I have never ridden before.”
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