Just 18 riders will take the start at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, as MotoGP makes its final visit to the iconic Phillip Island Circuit outside mainland Melbourne.<\/p>\n
On pole position will be Ducati’s Marc Marquez<\/a>, who leads the championship by 10 points following his victory in the sprint race on Saturday. The 33-year-old dominated the qualifying session in wet conditions, beating the rest of the field by almost 1.5s.<\/p>\n Lining up alongside will be his brother\u00a0Alex Marquez<\/a> on the Gresini Ducati, while Johann Zarco<\/a> will complete the front row for LCR Honda after coming all the way from Q1.<\/p>\n Home hero Jack Miller<\/a> will make his final start at Phillip Island as a MotoGP rider from fourth on the grid, running a special yellow-and-green livery on his Pramac Yamaha.<\/p>\n Next up will be Pedro Acosta<\/a> on the factory KTM, with Fabio di Giannantonio<\/a> starting sixth after finishing on the podium in the sprint.<\/p>\n Aprilia’s charge will be led by Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> in seventh place. The Noale-based manufacturer is down to just two riders on Sunday after Jorge Martin<\/a> broke his arm during a crash in the sprint and Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez aggravated his finger injury during practice on Friday. Both have been declared unfit for the race, leaving Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura<\/a> to contend for Aprilia.<\/p>\n Ogura will take the start from 10th, behind Honda’s\u00a0Diogo Moreira<\/a> and the Tech3 KTM of Enea Bastianini<\/a>.<\/p>\n The factory Honda team\u00a0will be completely absent from Sunday’s race. Joan Mir<\/a> hadn’t even started the weekend due to illness, while a virus consigned his team-mate\u00a0Luca Marini<\/a> to just two laps on Friday. The latter withdrew from the remainder of the Australian GP, including the sprint and the main race, on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Two other full-time riders are missing from the race, with both Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) and\u00a0Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac) absent due to injuries sustained in previous rounds. Iker Lecuona and Augusto Fernandez will serve as their respective stand-ins.<\/p>\n 2026 Australian GP – Full starting grid<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n We want your opinion!<\/p>\n What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n