Submitted by David Emmett on
South African Brad Binder ended Friday as the fastest Moto2 rider at Phillip Island, on the day that his fellow countryman Kork Ballington was made a MotoGP legend. Marcel Schrotter had to settle for second on Friday afternoon, over a quarter of a second behind Binder, and just ahead of Iker Lecuona, who finished third despite a fast crash at Turn 1.
Championship leader Pecco Bagnaia was fourth quickest, just a fraction slower than Lecuona, and a fraction quicker than his main title rival Miguel Oliveira.
Result:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1'33.701 | ||
| 2 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'33.959 | 0.258 | 0.258 |
| 3 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1'34.051 | 0.350 | 0.092 |
| 4 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 1'34.066 | 0.365 | 0.015 |
| 5 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1'34.087 | 0.386 | 0.021 |
| 6 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Kalex | 1'34.268 | 0.567 | 0.181 |
| 7 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 1'34.270 | 0.569 | 0.002 |
| 8 | 40 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'34.352 | 0.651 | 0.082 |
| 9 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1'34.522 | 0.821 | 0.170 |
| 10 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 1'34.587 | 0.886 | 0.065 |
| 11 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 1'34.596 | 0.895 | 0.009 |
| 12 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 1'34.604 | 0.903 | 0.008 |
| 13 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Speed Up | 1'34.641 | 0.940 | 0.037 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | KTM | 1'34.675 | 0.974 | 0.034 |
| 15 | 4 | Steven Odendaal | NTS | 1'34.788 | 1.087 | 0.113 |
| 16 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Suter | 1'34.839 | 1.138 | 0.051 |
| 17 | 22 | Sam Lowes | KTM | 1'34.926 | 1.225 | 0.087 |
| 18 | 16 | Joe Roberts | NTS | 1'34.968 | 1.267 | 0.042 |
| 19 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 1'35.009 | 1.308 | 0.041 |
| 20 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1'35.113 | 1.412 | 0.104 |
| 21 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Speed Up | 1'35.141 | 1.440 | 0.028 |
| 22 | 66 | Niki Tuuli | Kalex | 1'35.153 | 1.452 | 0.012 |
| 23 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 1'35.247 | 1.546 | 0.094 |
| 24 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 1'35.263 | 1.562 | 0.016 |
| 25 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 1'35.283 | 1.582 | 0.020 |
| 26 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 1'35.298 | 1.597 | 0.015 |
| 27 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 1'35.422 | 1.721 | 0.124 |
| 28 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Kalex | 1'36.401 | 2.700 | 0.979 |
| 29 | 67 | Bryan Staring | Tech 3 | 1'36.484 | 2.783 | 0.083 |
| 30 | 18 | Xavi Cardelus | Kalex | 1'36.777 | 3.076 | 0.293 |
| 31 | 21 | Federico Fuligni | Kalex | 1'37.009 | 3.308 | 0.232 |
| 32 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Suter | 1'37.026 | 3.325 | 0.017 |
Round Number:
17
2018
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