Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Andrea Iannone has headed the time sheets for the final MotoGP free practice session at Phillip Island, the Italian Ducati rider posted the quickest time with his final lap of the session to nudge Marc Marquez to second place by a mere six hundreths of a second. Valentino Rossi also put in a good late run to jump up to third position, he edged out fellow Yamaha riders Aleix Espargaro and weekend long pace-setter Jorge Lorenzo.
The British duo of Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith claimed sixth and seventh places respectively ahead of Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa was still struggling for speed and will have to go through the Q1 session for the first time in his career. LCR Honda rider Stefan Bradl completed the top ten some eight tenths behind Iannone.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Prev |
| 1 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 1'29.381 | ||
| 2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 1'29.448 | 0.067 | 0.067 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'29.749 | 0.368 | 0.301 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Forward Yamaha | 1'29.788 | 0.407 | 0.039 |
| 5 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 1'29.880 | 0.499 | 0.092 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Ducati | 1'29.986 | 0.605 | 0.106 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 1'30.024 | 0.643 | 0.038 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | Yamaha | 1'30.025 | 0.644 | 0.001 |
| 9 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'30.201 | 0.820 | 0.176 |
| 10 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'30.217 | 0.836 | 0.016 |
| 11 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | Honda | 1'30.322 | 0.941 | 0.105 |
| 12 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 1'30.422 | 1.041 | 0.100 |
| 13 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 1'30.603 | 1.222 | 0.181 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Honda | 1'30.682 | 1.301 | 0.079 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Forward Yamaha | 1'30.722 | 1.341 | 0.040 |
| 16 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 1'30.822 | 1.441 | 0.100 |
| 17 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | Honda | 1'31.085 | 1.704 | 0.263 |
| 18 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | 1'31.393 | 2.012 | 0.308 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ART | 1'31.544 | 2.163 | 0.151 |
| 20 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Honda | 1'31.573 | 2.192 | 0.029 |
| 21 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | PBM | 1'31.907 | 2.526 | 0.334 |
| 22 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Avintia | 1'31.997 | 2.616 | 0.090 |
| 23 | 23 | Broc PARKES | PBM | 1'32.207 | 2.826 | 0.210 |
