John McPhee felt he was finally able to demonstrated his potential in 2015 as he swept to his debut grand prix pole position in Moto3 qualifying at Phillip Island. In a season that has occasionally lacked a touch of fortune, McPhee will start from the front of the first row after Danny Kent, 0.3s faster in the afternoon session, was controversially penalised six grid positions for slowing in FP3. Still, McPhee, who had led much of the Saturday morning session, was delighted with his overall pace aboard the 2014 Honda chassis around a track where he finished less than a quarter of a second off the race winner a year ago. “It's my first time on the front row this season and the first pole...
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