Unstoppable Due To Heavy Rain, Australian MotoGP FP1 2024 Canceled

Free Practice 1 MotoGP Australia 2024 was canceled due to heavy rain (Instagram/@motogp).

JAKARTA - The agenda for the First Free Practice (FP1) for the 2024 Australian MotoGP was canceled. It is scheduled to take place at the Philip Island Circuit on Friday, October 18, 2024, the activity failed to be carried out due to heavy rains that continued to flush the location.

Quoted from Crash, the Australian MotoGP FP1 session is planned to be held at 06.45 WIB. Due to heavy rains that flushed the circuit, FP1 was postponed for 20 minutes.

Every time the delay is missed, the safety car driven by Italian motorcycle racing legend Loris Capirossi, enters the track. The goal is that the safety car can check the feasibility of circuit conditions to hold an FP1 session.

However, every safety car after duty, the announcement of a delay for the next 20 minutes happens again. It happened several times and it happened over and over again.

There was also an announcement that the pit lane would open within 10 minutes. However, in the end, the delay occurred again because heavy rain returned to the circuit.

After repeated delays, the 2024 Australian MotoGP FP1 session was finally officially canceled. The cancellation was announced when the delay was close to two hours from the planned schedule.

MotoGP 2024 is currently entering the final phase of the competition. The 2024 Australian MotoGP is one of the last four series of the season.

So far, Jorge Martin leads the 2024 MotoGP standings with a collection of 392 points. Jorge Martin is 10 points ahead of Francesco Bagnaia who is in second place.