Three years is a long time in motorsport, but in MotoGP, it’s even longer. That meant a lot had changed between the last MotoGP race at Phillip Island in 2019 and this year’s Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
When the grand prix paddock last visited Phillip Island three years ago, the likes of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone were still on the premier class grid, Jack Miller was with Pramac Ducati (and took an epic podium finish), Maverick VInales was on a factory Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo was still on the Petronas SRT satellite YZR-M1.
Remy Gardner, Jorge Martin, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini, Alex Marquez and others were still in Moto2 in 2019, while the likes of Raul Fernandez, Ai Ogura, Alonso Lopez,…