PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia – Maverick Vinales was the man to beat during MotoGP practice on Friday at Australia’s Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

The weekend opened with a wet practice session and Vinales led the way for Monster Energy Yamaha thanks to a solid 1:38.957 lap time. Jack Miller was second fastest in the first session for Pramac Racing, .147 seconds slower than Vinales.

Marc Marquez was third in the wet conditions, followed by Valentino Rossi and Danilo Petrucci.

The wet conditions weren’t kind to star rookie Fabio Quartararo, who crashed a turn six. He suffered a hematoma and bruising on the top of one of his feet, which led to him taking medication that required him to sit out the second practice.

In the second session Vinales was again the man to beat, going more than 10 seconds faster than his time in the first practice with a 1:28.824 lap. Andrea Dovizioso was second fastest, nearly half a second off the pace set by Vinales.

Cal Crutchlow, Petrucci and Miller were third through fifth fastest, respectively.

“I feel really good. At this track I always find exceptional lap times, so I‘m quite happy,” Vinales said. “We set up the bike in a really good way and I stayed out on track just riding and riding, also in the wet, because that’s always difficult here. You have to warm up the tyres really well, you have to keep running a steady pace, so actually I‘m quite happy about today‘s results. It‘s too early to judge what the race will be like. We set the pace today, but we have to keep working. The race is a totally different story, we will see on Sunday. But I do feel good with the bike‘s set-up, and that‘s the most important thing right now. The 2020 Michelin tyres feel good. They are very consistent, that‘s an important point, I‘m happy about the work they did.”