Alex Marquez looks to fill the void left by his injured brother in Australia
AUSTRALIA: An open Australian MotoGP is all about the race for the world championship runner-up spot, with Alex Marquez on the verge of sealing the deal at a notoriously unpredictable track that has lost the entire front row since last year. Chief among those absent this weekend is Marquez’s older brother Marc, the 2024 Phillip Island winner and recently crowned world champion. He underwent shoulder surgery after a horror crash at a chaotic Indonesian grand prix a fortnight ago won by Spanish rookie Fermin Aldeguer, with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro replacing him. Last year’s Australian polesitter Jorge Martin (collar



