KUALA LUMPUR: Moto3 rider Hakim Danish Ramli faces a demanding recovery ride in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after qualifying 23rd at Phillip Island on Saturday.

The AEON Credit-MT Helmets-MSi rider clocked 1 minute 37.169 seconds to finish ninth in the first qualifying session (Q1), missing out on a place in Q2.

Only the top four advanced, with Danish finishing 0.786 seconds behind Indonesia's Veda Pratama, who secured the final qualifying berth before going on to claim pole position.

Danish was 0.908 seconds adrift of Q1 leader Guido Pini of Italy, who topped the session in 1:36.261.