Crutchlow said he doesn’t specially like rain but his pace on wet tracks has proven he’s strong in the slippery conditions and Australia’s first two practices took place under these conditions. FP2 was red flagged and then suspended due to the strong rain that affected the track with few riders even venturing to set a lap time. Hector Barbera and Jack Miller followed suit but many riders considered the decision to halt the 2nd Practice was appropriate although some others said it came a bit late. Jonas Folger led the way in Moto2’s only practice session since the second was canceled as a whole and Nicolo Bulega had the fastest time of the two sessions combined in Moto3.
Weather conditions are supposed to improve so the session’s schedule for Saturday practice was modified to give the riders of both MotoGP and Moto 2 more time. Times so far are not really significant since the track conditions will most likely improve.
