Australian Grand Prix weather forecast, Moto3 rider Joel Kelso, championship battle, Jorge Martin

MotoGP is waking up the morning after the night before wondering whether Sunday already happened on Saturday.

When race organisers rescheduled the Australian Grand Prix for Saturday afternoon to avoid the risk of today’s high winds cancelling the race, they could never have expected conditions that would set up one of Phillip Island’s most memorable races.

A slow burner at first that turned into a full-blown last-lap thriller, Frenchman Johann Zarco won his maiden premier-class race after Pramac teammate Jorge Martin’s gamble on a soft tyre spectacularly collapsed eight corners from home.

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The race that had everything included championship permutations, with Francesco Bagnaia rescuing second place to extend his points…