– Mike Jones will continue to ride in place of Héctor Barberá at Avintia for his home event in Australia this weekend.Jones, 22, was drafted in to replace Barberá, who in turn had been called up by Ducati to fill in for the injured Andrea Iannone at the Japanese Grand Prix.Jones out-qualified Repsol Honda replacement rider Hiroshi Aoyama and raced to 18th position.With Barberá now confirmed to replace Iannone for a second successive weekend, Jones will have another opportunity to ride in MotoGP, this time on home soil at Phillip Island."It was fantastic to be part of the Avintia team this weekend," he said."They worked so hard to help me learn so much, but...
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