St. George Motul Summer Nights Series Round Two 60...

MOTUL Summer time Night time Collection hosted by St. George MCC
Sydney Motorsport Park – Gardner GP Circuit
Spherical Two – Supersport & F3

Phrases and pictures by Nick Edards / Half Mild / RbMotoLens

That is the second and closing report for Motul St George Summer time Nights Collection (SNS05) Spherical Two which passed off on Friday January 10. This covers motion in AGV600 (Supersports) F1/F2, Airoh Limitless F3 and 5 Gloves Retro courses.

In the event you haven’t already, I’d counsel you check out the primary report (Recapping St. George Summer Nights Round Two from SMP) which coated Pirelli Limitless F1/F2.

There’s a good bit of background there on the construction of the collection, the assembly, why SNS05 Spherical Two was a bit totally different from different Summer time Nights Rounds and the way the scheduling was impacted by occasions on and off the monitor.

Assuming you’re aware of the context for this report, let’s get into it.

AGV 600 F1 & F2

First up, AGV600. AGV600 F1, for worldwide and nationwide grade riders, had a powerful turnout with eight runners, and together with the variety of entrants in AGV600 F2 – for Clubbies, promised full grids.

Nonetheless, a really damaging climate forecast (which proved to be largely fallacious) and riders dropping out for different causes, noticed a big however not fairly full grid line up. In whole, there have been 34 bikes on monitor for afternoon qualifying.

Jake Farnsworth got here into Spherical Two main F1 on 65-points, Glenn Nelson second on 56-points and Marcus Hamod in third on 51-points.

In F2, Kristian O’Donnell lead on 66-points with Christian Rossi on 55-points in second, Keith Mulcahy (absent from Spherical Two) third on 52-points.

Afternoon qualifying on a moist monitor noticed Glenn Nelson take pole with a 1m42.713, from Will Nassif and Jake Farnsworth. Nelson’s tempo was clear from the off – his lap greater than a second sooner than second spot.

Christian Rossi did the F2 crew proud by dropping a 1m44.201 to put fourth on the grid. Marcus Hamod (F1), Andy Murphy (F2) took out the remaining spots on the primary two rows of the grid.

Race One noticed Farnsworth and Glenn Nelson slug it out with Farnsworth taking the flag by simply one-hundredth of a second. Marianos Nikolis took third, a bit of below three seconds again however he additionally scored the quickest lap with a 1m34.249.

Nikolis hadn’t been on monitor for qualifying and began from the again of the grid underlining how spectacular a third-place end was.

In F2, Rossi impressed once more and while a handful of the F1 boys acquired previous him, he was sturdy sufficient to card a seventh general and first in class.

Such was Rossi’s velocity that he was almost eight second forward of second in class – Tim Rodley, on the end. Damien Adams and Andy Murphy have been third and fourth in F2.

Race Two wasn’t such a detailed affair with Nikolis elevated to front-row of the grid on account of his third place in Race One. He took the win by over three seconds from Nelson, Farnsworth an additional second again. Declan Van Rosmalen and Levi Russo rounded out the highest 5 on monitor and in F1.

Rossi was as soon as once more the primary man previous the publish in F2, forward of some very sturdy F1 runners too. Kristian O’Donnell and Tim Rodley have been second and third in class. Quickest lap within the race went to Nikolis with a 1m33.929.

Afternoon Race Three was a casualty of the delays throughout courses earlier within the day and was cancelled as a result of time constraints. As you’d anticipate, no factors have been awarded.

Night qualifying kicked off simply earlier than 1900 and it was Nikolis with a 1m34.331 taking out pole from Nelson (1m34.798) and Farnsworth (1m35.383).

Kristian O’Donnell laid down the quickest lap in F2, a 1m37.449, adequate for twelfth general and to maintain Rossi (1m37.738) one place behind him on the grid. Rodley was third quickest in class, a end result that was adequate to place him fourteenth on the grid in a discipline of 37.

The AGV600 combatants have been lucky in getting all three of their scheduled races within the night session.

Nonetheless after qualifying on pole, Nikolis determined to take a seat out the night races so didn’t return to the sphere of play for the remainder of the evening.

Glenn Nelson took out Race One (and quickest lap with a 1m34.425) from Hayden Nelson by a margin of 4 seconds. Farnsworth, Nassif, Hamod and Russo adopted with lower than three tenths of a second overlaying third by sixth.

In F2, it was O’Donnell once more from Rossi and Rodley. O’Donnell’s run was adequate for tenth general out of 35 finishers.

Race Two was Glenn Nelson’s once more, this time from Hamod by lower than fourth-tenths of a second. Hayden Nelson third, Farnsworth and Nassif fourth and fifth.

O’Donnell took the F2 win, tenth general once more, with Rossi and Rodley once more second and third in class.

As riders left the pits for Race Three, the ultimate race of the night and the occasion for the category, the rain began and by the point they have been midway by their sighting lap, the monitor was moist and all bets have been off.

Nassif and Tom Fellew (F2) elected to return to the pits, swap onto their moist bikes and begin the race from pitlane.

That Nassif and Fellew completed first and second with quite a lot of contemporary air between them and the remainder of the pack exhibits simply what a good selection it was within the warmth of the second.

Some runners had seen the rain coming and elected to not race, however that takes nothing away from Nassif and Fellew’s accomplishments. Glenn Nelson was third general, second in F1, Farnsworth was third in that class. O’Donnell took second in F2, Rossi third.

So, AGV600 acquired 5 of their scheduled six races accomplished, a greater final result then the Pirelli Limitless F1/F2 racers had seen, and Glenn Nelson took out the occasion in F1 with a 110-point tally, forward of Farnsworth on 96-points and Levi Russo on 79-points.

Heading into Spherical Three with all the pieces to play for, Nelson heads the desk on 166-points, a slender five-points forward of Jake Farnsworth.

Will Nassif and Marcus Hamod are each on 115-points so that you’d must assume that the winner of the collection might be both Nelson or Farnsworth however you by no means can inform till the races are run. Spherical Three needs to be intense.

In F2, Christian Rossi took out the occasion with 108-points narrowly holding Kristian O’Donnell (106-points) at bay. Rodley took third on 91-points.

This trio heads the collection going to Spherical Three with O’Donnell on 172-points, Rossi on 163-points and Rodley on 129-points. Fellew on 115-points and Tamras on 106-points spherical out the highest 5.

Jake Farnsworth – AGV600 F1

“It was a busy evening for us on the Summer time Collection Spherical Two. In qualifying and race one my bike had a foul misfire within the excessive rpms so we needed to swap to my spare components bike that we put collectively two days earlier than the occasion. With a below powered bike it was laborious to problem for the highest spots however me and the workforce discovered a option to handle the state of affairs and are available away with second general. I want to thank St George for placing on an awesome occasion. Its an effective way to hone your expertise all through the off season. Additionally a large thanks to all my sponsors. See you on the subsequent one.”

Christian Rossi – AGV600 F2

“Due to the membership for one more nice occasion, it was a really lengthy and tiring day with again to again rounds. Glad to take the spherical win and looking out ahead to the final one. Shout out to Tom for swapping bikes within the final race.”

Timothy Rodley – AGV600 F2

“One other nice evening racing with the St George motorbike membership. The double occasion in a single was difficult matched with the half-wet half-dry qualifying and closing race on slicks within the rain it undoubtedly saved us on edge. Glad to come back away with third in F2 for this spherical. Due to the membership and all those that volunteer their time to make sure all of us get to go racing.”

Tom Fellew – AGV600
[On his decision to switch to wets at the start of the last race]

“As quickly as I rolled out of the storage in pit lane for the final race, I felt a sprinkle of rain. By flip six it was raining fairly heavy and the monitor was fairly moist and I began debating a motorcycle swap. As we headed down the straight to the beginning line, Will Nassif flew previous me and into the pits and that’s what tipped me to alter. I went into the pits, switched bikes and began from pit lane. Lap One I couldn’t consider how fast I used to be passing by the sphere, passing riders I had no enterprise passing. The rain started to lighten, and I pushed as laborious as I may to get as massive a niche as I may on the sphere. Inside a number of laps I may really feel the monitor drying shortly and I needed to begin trying to find moist traces. After that it was managing the tyres as I may really feel the again finish sliding in every single place and fortunately, I had a large enough hole to carry onto second within the race and first in F2, my finest racing end result ever.”

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Afternoon Qualifying Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Afternoon Race One Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Afternoon Race Two Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Night Race One Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Night Race Two Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 & F2 Night Race Three Outcomes

AGV 600 F1 Spherical Factors
AGV 600 F2 Spherical Factors

AGV 600 F1 Standings
AGV 600 F2 Standings

Airoh Limitless F3

SNS05 Spherical Two would be the final exhibiting for the Airoh Limitless F3 and Retro courses as a part of SNS05, their slot might be taken by Kabuto 400cc and Formulation St George at Spherical Three.

Coming into the Spherical, Airoh Limitless F3 factors chief was Lachlan Brinkman on 45-points. Andrew Simson second on 43-points and Robert Salvia third on 34-points. All three have been again for Spherical Two.

In Retro, Phillip Burke had taken out the earlier class win on 50-points from his two wins. Gregory Farrell was second at school and once more, each have been again in motion at Spherical Two.

Afternoon qualifying noticed Andy Dunn on the very fairly and fantastically ready Ducati take out pole, a 1m49.158 in damp situations sufficient from Simson, Lee Patsky, Ben Lucchitti, and Harley Borkowski – who was quickest of the 5 Gloves Retro class.

Borkowski purchased his VTR alongside for some Retro enjoyable anticipating, as all of us did, a really moist night however because the monitor dried earlier than racing commenced, and he didn’t have slicks for the VTR, he didn’t participate in 5 Gloves Retro for the rest of the occasion and simply ran his R1 in Limitless F2.

Phillip Burke scored a 1m53.360 lap on his ZXR750 to present him a 3rd row begin with ninth-fastest time.

Race One noticed Lucchitti take the F3 class win five-seconds forward of Andrew Simson, Hugh Jollye in third. Jollye’s 1m41.3302 was quickest lap of the race. John Williams and Robert Salvia held fourth and fifth. There have been no finishers within the Retro class.

Luchitti took out Race Two from Jollye by a shade over a second. Williams was third lower than half a second behind Jollye and it was Paul Drane fourth who took the quickest lap, a 1m38.722. Burke was first dwelling in Retro, ending thirteenth general.

Afternoon Race Three was deserted as a result of time constraints and no factors awarded.

Like AGV600, Airoh Limitless F3 and 5 Gloves Retro did get all three of their races within the night session, so not one of the courses acquired their full complement of races in SNS05.

It was fairly an achievement, below the circumstances, to get as many races accomplished as was achieved, it’s only a disgrace that the Pirelli Limitless crew have been, as beforehand reported, so badly affected.

Night qualifying for Limitless F3 and Retro noticed Rhys Smith lay down a 1m39.652 to take pole forward of Andy Dunn on 1m40.746. Williams, Lucchitti , Daing Hassanal and Lachie Brinkmann crammed out the entrance two rows. Burke was quickest of the Retros, tenth on grid with a 1m43.748.

Race One noticed Smith and Lucchitti in a category of their very own, Rhys taking the win from Lucchitti by two-tenths of a second after the seven laps. Rhys additionally carded quickest lap with a 1m39.149, just some tenths in entrance of Lucchitti’s finest.

Williams, Dunn and Salvia have been the remaining prime 5 finishers. Burke as soon as once more took out Retro, ending fifteenth general. Farrell was nineteenth.

Race Two and it was Smith and Williams upfront as soon as once more, Smith taking the win by a margin of two-tenths. Williams took quickest lap with a 1m41.307.

Lucchitti third, not fairly capable of latch onto the lead duo however lower than two seconds behind on the flag. Brickman and Hassanal have been fourth and fifth. There have been no Retro runners in Race Two.

Race Three for the night session kicked off simply earlier than 2200, it was an Limitless F3-only discipline with no Retro runners. Smith made it three from three for the night, an entire three-tenths of a second separated him and Williams on the shut. Lucchitti third adopted dwelling by Salvia and Brinkman.

It was Ben Lucchitti who took out the occasion, his 106-points simply edging Rhys Smith’s 104-points. John Williams’ 93-points gave him third-step on the rostrum with Salvia and Dunn fourth and fifth.

Philli Burke took the Retro honours forward of Gregory Farrell.

Robert Salvia’s 78-points was adequate to present him the championship, with 112-points, by the narrowest of margins – only one level separating him from Lachie Brinkman on 111-points. Ben Lucchitti took third.

Phillip Burke took out the 5 Gloves Retro class with 100-points forward of Gregory Farrell on 60-points. Retro is a good class and right here’s hoping St George MCC stick with operating it alongside Airoh Limitless F3 in future.

Spherical Three – February 7 & 8

The AGV600 F1/F2 groups might be again for Spherical Three, together with the Pirelli Limitless F1/F2, over the evenings of February 7 and eight.

As famous above, SNS05 Spherical Two was the final time we’ll see Airoh Limitless F3 and 5 Gloves Retro below lights as a part of this collection.

Thanks as soon as once more to the volunteers who make these occasions occur. The Orange Military was a bit shorthanded at Spherical Two and volunteers have been stepping as much as roles that they have been unfamiliar with. You wouldn’t have identified it. All of them did magnificently.

Airoh Limitless F3 Afternoon Qualifying Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Afternoon Race One Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Afternoon Race Two Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Night Race One Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Night Race Two Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Night Race Three Outcomes

Airoh Limitless F3 Spherical Factors

Airoh Limitless F3 Standings

MOTUL Summer time Night time Collection hosted by St George MCC