Canberra, Oct. 19 -- A fifth different winner in a row, anyone? Raul Fernandez served it up for us with a flawless Phillip Island display to clinch his debut MotoGP victory in style, while also handing Trackhouse MotoGP Team their first win in the class too. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) came through from P10 on the grid to finish second, 1.4s away from Fernandez, while Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) passed Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP late on to climb onto the podium despite having a double Long Lap penalty.

Every start is crucial, but today's was more so for Bezzecchi. And he got a flyer from the middle of the front row. The holeshot was the Italian's and slotting into an early P2 was Fernandez, w...