Jorge Lorenzo completed a promising opening to the Tissot Australia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix by topping both free practice sessions at Phillip Island.
The Spaniard began the day with a 1:29.167s lap in the opening practice session
as he quickly found the set-up on a brilliantly fine spring day at the picturesque circuit.
Championship leader Marc Marquez ended the run in second from Alvaro Bautista (Gresini Honda).
In the free practice 2 Lorenzo dipped under 1:29 by spearing to a 1:28.961s to head the session from Bautista (Gresini Honda) with Dani Pedrosa third best.
It was an indifferent start for Marquez who had a spill at Lukey Heights and was unable to better his time before finishing the session sixth fastest.
Stefan Bradl was declared unfit to continue at the meeting after finishing 20th in the opening practice run.
Bradl fractured his ankle in a tumble at the Sepang circuit last weekend.
Free practice 1
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:29.167s |
| 2 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1:29.255 |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | Gresini Honda | 1:29.831 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1:30.008 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:30.053 |
| 6 | Cal Crutchlow | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1:30.130 |
| 7 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1:30.361 |
| 8 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 1:30.666 |
| 9 | Randy de Puniet | Aspar Aprilia | 1:31.280 |
| 10 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:31.295 |
| 11 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Ducati | 1:31.295 |
| 12 | Alex Espargaro | Aspar Aprilia | 1:31.458 |
| 13 | Colin Edwards | Forward FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.557 |
| 14 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.637 |
| 15 | Hector Barbera | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.766 |
| 16 | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda-Suter-BMW | 1:31.803 |
| 17 | Claudio Corti | Forward FTR-Kawasaki | 1:32.300 |
| 18 | Yonny Hernandez | Pramac Ducati | 1:32.341 |
| 19 | Bryan Staring | Gresini FTR-Honda | 1:32.741 |
| 20 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda | 1:33.165 |
| 21 | Luca Scassa | Cardion Aprilia | 1:33.234 |
| 22 | Lucas Pesek | Ioda-Suter-BMW | 1:33.797 |
| 23 | Michael Laverty | PBM-Aprilia | 1:33.875 |
| 24 | Damian Cudlin | PBM Aprilia | 1:35.906 |
Free practice 2
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:28.961s |
| 2 | Alvaro Bautista | Gresini Honda | 1:29.438 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1:29.478 |
| 4 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:29.537 |
| 5 | Cal Crutchlow | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1:29.667 |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1:29.989 |
| 7 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1:30.165 |
| 8 | Randy de Puniet | Aspar Aprilia | 1:30.215 |
| 9 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 1:30.609 |
| 10 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:30.754 |
| 11 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Ducati | 1:30.792 |
| 12 | Colin Edwards | Forward FTR-Kawasaki | 1:30.917 |
| 13 | Aleix Espargaro | Aspar Aprilia | 1:31.091 |
| 14 | Yonny Hernandez | Pramac Ducati | 1:31.134 |
| 15 | Hector Barbera | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.286 |
| 16 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.434 |
| 17 | Claudio Corti | Forward FTR-Kawasaki | 1:31.451 |
| 18 | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda-Suter-BMW | 1:31.985 |
| 19 | Michael Laverty | PBM Aprilia | 1:32.066 |
| 20 | Luca Scassa | Cardion Aprilia | 1:32.261 |
| 21 | Bryan Staring | Gresini FTR-Honda | 1:32.290 |
| 22 | Lukas Pesek | Ioda-Suter-BMW | 1:32.943 |
| 23 | Damian Cudlin | PBM Aprilia | 1:34.969 |
