South Australian 17-year-old Arthur Sissis grabbed his first career podium finish in the world Moto3 championship event at the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday.

Sissis, from Adelaide, finished third as Germany’s recently crowned world champion Sandro Cortese won the 23-lap race at Phillip Island from Portugal’s Miguel Oliveira.

With a previous best in 15 world championship races of fifth, Sissis diced with a pack of riders throughout before sealing third place on his Red Bull KTM.

Cortese led most of the race on his KTM after starting from pole position.

Oliveira made a late-race pass on Cortese, but the German recovered to re-take the lead on the second-last lap.

Cortese had already wrapped up this year’s world title at the last event in Malaysia.