Jesko Raffin and Bo Bendsneyder “Bad Boy #64” started the Australian Grand Prix well. Raffin finished the first day on Phillip Island in ninth place, while Bendsneyder set the seventeenth fastest time in the dry second practice. The riders of NTS RW Racing GP also did well in the wet first practice, with the sixteenth (Bendsneyder) and seventeenth (Raffin) time. In the Australian spring it can get pretty spooky on the island south of Melbourne. That was apparent on the first day, with completely different circumstances in the first and second practice. Rain in the morning, with an asphalt temperature of only 18 degrees Celsius, dry and sunny in the afternoon, with an asphalt temperature of 32 degrees. Raffin and Bendsneyder did well in both cases. The Swiss loves Phillip Island and has already achieved fourth and eighth place in the Moto2 races in recent years. In the second free practice session he was in fourth for a long time, before finishing in ninth place with 1.33.728. For Bendsneyder today was the first time on Phillip Island with a Moto2 machine; last year he missed this Grand Prix after the accident in Japan in which he broke his leg. He was quite satisfied with seventeenth time (1.34.140).
Bo Bendsneyder: “This was indeed a good first day. We had a great day with the weather, because even though it is not nice to ride in the rain, the information that we were able to collect and the experience were good. It can also rain on Saturday and Sunday – but maybe not and then the information from the second session is also very important. In both practices, under different circumstances, we were fast. Because it is the first time for me here in the Moto2 I had to get used to it and search for the lines, but the rhythm was good. In the second practice we did not even use a new tire, so that is also positive. I think I can still find a few tenths for myself and with some small adjustments to the bike, to create a slightly better feeling, we can still win something. We are close and that is the most important thing.”
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Jorge MARTIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1’33.010 |
| 2 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1’33.353 |
| 3 | Jorge NAVARRO | Beta Tools Speed Up | 1’33.405 |
| 4 | Iker LECUONA | monday.com American Racing | 1’33.474 |
| 5 | Marco BEZZECCHI | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’33.481 |
| 6 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 1’33.600 |
| 7 | Nicolo BULEGA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 1’33.612 |
| 8 | Alex MARQUEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’33.675 |
| 9 | Jesko RAFFIN | NTS RW Racing GP | 1’33.728 |
| 10 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 1’33.803 |
| 11 | Thomas LUTHI | Dynavolt Intact GP | 1’33.860 |
| 12 | Enea BASTIANINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1’33.872 |
| 13 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 1’33.887 |
| 14 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 1’33.906 |
| 15 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Beta Tools Speed Up | 1’34.017 |
| 16 | Sam LOWES | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 1’34.102 |
| 17 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS RW Racing GP | 1’34.140 |
| 18 | Joe ROBERTS | monday.com American Racing | 1’34.153 |
| 19 | Remy GARDNER | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 1’34.179 |
| 20 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 1’34.184 |
| 21 | Xavi VIERGE | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’34.291 |
| 22 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Dynavolt Intact GP | 1’34.362 |
| 23 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1’34.453 |
| 24 | Mattia PASINI | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | 1’34.525 |
| 25 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 1’34.887 |
| 26 | Philipp OETTL | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’35.246 |
| 27 | Lukas TULOVIC | Kiefer Racing | 1’35.336 |
| 28 | Jake DIXON | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | 1’35.756 |
| 29 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 1’35.923 |
| 30 | Xavi CARDELUS | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | 1’36.696 |
| 31 | Adam NORRODIN | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 1’36.757 |
| 32 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 1’37.224 |
Source: motogop.com, rwracinggp.com
